This document provides an overview of Bangladesh with information presented over multiple sections. It includes the following key points: - Basic facts about Bangladesh such as its capital, population, languages spoken, and major religions practiced. - A short history of Bangladesh highlighting dates such as its declaration of independence in 1971. - Descriptions of the climate, geography, wildlife, and major festivals of Bangladesh. - An overview of the Bangladeshi economy focusing on key industries such as apparel, shipbuilding, and agriculture. - Highlights of major tourist attractions across Bangladesh from Cox's Bazar beach to the Sundarbans mangrove forest.

2. Presented By
Jamshed Alam, Mohammad Tawhidur Rahman,
Rizwana Edris Jyoti, Ameer Hossen, Saeed Ullah
International Masters in International Business
Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, China
Date of submission: 02 December 2015

3. 1. Full Name : People's Republic of Bangladesh
2. President : Md. Abdul Hamid
3. Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina
4. Capital : Dhaka
5. Currency : Taka () (BDT)
6. GDP/ capita : $1,314
7. Time zone : GMT +6
8. Area : Total147,570 km2
9. Population : 150 million (2013)
10. Ethnic groups : 98% Bengali+2%others
11. Language : Bengali + English
12. National Anthem: Amar Sonar Bangla….
(By Rabindranath Tagore)
Short overview of BANGLADESH

4. • Shaheed Dibos: 21st
Feburary 1952
• Declaration of Independence: 26 March 1971
• Liberation of Bangladesh: 16 December 1971
• Bangla new year: 1 Boishakh (14th
April)
Short overview of BANGLADESH
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

5. Geographic Position

6. Climate of BANGLADESH

7. Heroes of BANGLADESH
Rabindranath Tagore Kazi Nazrul Islam Fazle Hasan Abed M. UnusZainul Abadin
Shakib Al-Hasan
Bibi Rasel FR Khan Zaved Karim Salman Khan

8. Religions of BANGLADESH
Islam (89.5%) Hinduism (8.6%)
Buddhism (0.2%) Christianity (0.8%)

9. • Sundarbans is the
largest mangrove forest
in the world.
• Tiger is the national
animal of Bangladesh.
• Ilish/ Hilsha is the
national fish of
Bangladesh
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Wildlife of BANGLADESH

10. Foods
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11. Foods
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12. •
Tourism & Attraction

13. Fruits of BANGLADESH

14. • At least 4,700 Bangladeshi
items are getting zero tariff
access in China.
• 98% Bangladeshi products
are enjoying zero tariff
facilities.
Sino-Bangla Relation
1975-2015 • Diplomatic Relationship

15. • Bangla Language takes its birth from a form of Prakrit in the tenth century. The
Bengali script has been derived from the Brahmi alphabet in 273 to 232 BC.
History of Bengali language has been divided into three eras – Old Bengali
(950-1350), Middle Bengali (1350-1800) and Modern Bengali (1800 to the
present day).
• Bengali or Bangla/ is the native language to the region of Bengal, which
includes Bangladesh and few Indian states West Bengal, Tripura and
southern Assam. It is written using the Bengali alphabet.
• Bengali is the national language in Bangladesh and second most spoken
language in India. With about 250 million native and about 300 million total
speakers worldwide, it is the seventh most spoken language in the world by total
number of native speakers.
History of Bangla Language

16. • Before 1971 Pakistan was divided into two regions- East &
West. Present Bangladesh was known as East Pakistan and
present Pakistan known as West Pakistan. The then
Government of Pakistan imposed Urdu as the sole language to
be spoken across the country. The East Pakistan, holding a vast
number of people speaking Bengali, denied to follow the law.
The students of Dhaka University and other political activists
arranged a provincial protest on 21st February 1952. To
discourage the strike, the Government invoked curfew. Several
students and other people who participated in the protest were
shot by the police mercilessly and then killed.
• This supreme sacrifice has eventually led to the recognition of
preservation of mother languages worldwide. At the initiative of
Bangladesh government in 17th November 1999 the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) adopted 21st February as the International Mother
Language Day. For the first time, UNESCO observed 21st
February, 2000 as the International Mother Language Day. It
was formally recognized by the United Nations General
Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International
Year of Languages.
21st
February, Int’l Mother Language Day

17. • 21st February (Ekushey February) is a
day of pride for all Bangladeshi people.
It is a public holiday in Bangladesh since
1953. Depending on the moral of
Ekushey Bengali art, literature and
culture has evolved significantly. Since
1979, the Ekushey Book Fair was held
at the Bangla Academy premises.
• To reminisce 21st February, Shaheed
Minar, the martyr monument was built in
between the campus of Dhaka Medical
College and University of Dhaka where
we visit annually, in bare feet with
flowers in our hands and tears in our
eyes.
21st
February, Int’l Mother Language Day

18. • Foreign Remittances
Remittances from the Bangladeshi Diaspora provide
vital foreign exchange. Remittance has become a major
contributor to the Bangladeshi economy. As the
emigrant workers from Bangladesh gradually increased
over the years, the amount of annual remittance to the
country significantly rose. According to World Bank,
Bangladesh is now one of the largest recipients of
remittance with almost $14.5 billion as of June 2013.
Economy of BANGLADESH

19. • Apparel sector
Bangladesh's textile industry, which includes knitwear
and ready-made garments (RMG) along with
specialized textile products, is the nation's number one
export earner, accounting for $21.5 billion in 2013 –
80% of Bangladesh's total exports of $27 billion.
Bangladesh is 2nd in world textile exports, behind
China, which exported $120.1 billion worth of textiles in
2009. The industry employs nearly 3.5 million workers.
Economy of BANGLADESH

20. • Shipbuilding and ship breaking
Shipbuilding is a growing industry in Bangladesh with
great potentials. The potentials of shipbuilding in
Bangladesh have made the country to be compared with
countries like China, Japan and South Korea. Experts
suggest that Bangladesh could emerge as a major
competitor in the global market of small to medium
ocean-going vessels. Bangladesh also has the world's
largest ship breaking industry which employs over
200,000 Bangladeshis and accounts for half of all the
steel in Bangladesh. Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is
world's second-largest ship breaking area.
Economy of BANGLADESH

21. • Agriculture:
Being situated in one of the most fertile regions on
Earth, agriculture plays a crucial role, with the principal
cash crops including rice, jute, tea, wheat, cotton, and
sugarcane. Because of Bangladesh's fertile soil and
normally ample water supply, rice can be grown and
harvested three times a year in many areas. Bangladesh
ranks fifth in the global production of fish and seafood.
80% of the people in Bangladesh directly related to
agriculture.
Economy of BANGLADESH

22. • Bangladesh is the land of festivity. Festivals have
always played a significant role in the life of the people
of Bangladesh. Festivals and celebrations are an
integral part of the culture of Bangali people.
• These festivals include traditional, cultural, religious
and political. It is said that Bangladesh have Baro
Mashe Tero Parbon (Thirteen festivals in twelve
months). Following are the major festivals of
Bangladesh…
Festivals of BANGLADESH

23. • Pohela Boishakh or Bengali New Year or , Bangla
Nôbobôrsho is the first day of the Bengali calendar
celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh.
Festivals of BANGLADESH
Mughal Emperor
Jalaluddin Muhammad
Akbar introduced this
Bengali New Year in order
to make tax collection
easier in Bengal. It was
because the Mughals
collected tax according to
the Islamic calendar which
did not agree with the
harvest season.

24. • The Bengali New Year begins at dawn of Pahela
Baisakh and the day is marked with singing,
processions, and fairs. Traditionally, businesses start
this day with a new ledger, clearing out the old. People
of Bangladesh enjoy a national holiday on Poila
Boishakh. All over the country people can enjoy fairs
and festivals.
• Singers perform traditional songs welcoming the new
year. Like other festivals of the region, the day is
marked by visiting relatives, friends and neighbors.
People prepare special dishes for their guests.
• Nowadays, Panta illish has become more popular
among the Bengali people on the day of pahela
baisakh.
Festivals of BANGLADESH

25. • People from all spheres of life wear classical Bengali
dresses. Women wear saris with their hair bedecked in
flowers. Likewise, men prefer to wear panjabis.
• A huge part of the festivities in the capital is a vivid
procession organized by the students and teachers of
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.
Festivals of BANGLADESH

27. Tourist Attractions of BANGLADESH
 Cox's Bazar is the longest natural
sea beach in the world, and a
popular Bangladeshi tourist spot.
 For the beach lovers it is the most
convenient spot to visit with
wonderful sandy beaches.
 It is the town and port of fishing.
 It provides easy access to
Chittagong hill tracts.
 Every year thousands of people
come here to visit this amazing
place.
 There are also so many larger
hotels for tourists.
“From the world's longest beach to its largest mangrove forest, and from lush tea estates
to Bengal tiger territory, there is plenty for tourists to discover in Bangladesh”

28.  It’s the land of “two leaves and a bud” that
means land of “Tea Gardens”.
 Sylhet is the land of Shrine’s, natural Hills,
forests, beautiful tree plantations and lots of
Haors.
 For miles and miles around, there are
teagardens spread like a green carpet over the
plain land or on the sloping hills.
 It is the third largest tea gardens in the world in
both area and
production.
 Srimangal, which is known as the tea capital of
Bangladesh, is the actual tea center of the area
 There are also Jaflong hill forests,
Madhobkundo water falls, Shrine of Saint
Shahajalal, Lawachara Rain forest etc. in
Sylhet.
 Sylhet is totally a land of natural beauties and
vast tourist attractions.
Tourist Attractions of BANGLADESH

29. Tourist Attractions of BANGLADESH

30.  The name “Sundarban” can be literally
translated as "beautiful forest" in the
Bengali language.
 It is one of the largest mangrove forests
in the world lies on the delta of the
Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna
rivers on the Bay of Bengal.
 Home of Royal Bengal Tiger (Panther).
 Sundarbans consist of - mangrove scrub,
littoral forest, saltwater mixed forest,
brackish water mixed forest, swamp
forest, intertidal mudflats, sand flats,
sand dunes with typical dune vegetation,
open grassland on sandy soils and
raised areas supporting a variety of
terrestrial shrubs and trees.
 It has a unique ecosystem and a rich
wildlife habitat.
 Land of various flora and fauna.
Tourist Attractions of BANGLADESH

31. BANGLADESH : land of stories
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