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| Bangladesh | Plants and Animal | Back to Top |
The dominant food crop of Bangladesh is rice, accounting for about 76% of agricultural land use. Rice production increased every year in the 1980s except Fiscal Year 1981, but the annual increases have generally been modest, barely keeping pace with the population. Rice production exceeded 15.1 million tons for the first time in Fiscal Year 1986. In the mid-1980s, Bangladesh was the fourth largest rice producer in the world, but its productivity was low compared with other Asian countries, such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Highyield varieties of seed, application of fertilizer, and irrigation have increased yields, although these inputs also raise the cost of production and chiefly benefit the valuableer cultivators.Wheat is not a traditional crop in Bangladesh, and in the late 1980s little was consumed in rural areas. During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was the only commodity for which local consumption increased because external food aid was most often provided in the form of wheat. In the first half of the 1980s, domestic wheat production rose to more than 1 million tons per year but was still only 7 to 9 % of total food grain production. Record production of nearly 1.5 million tons was achieved in Fiscal Year 1985, but the following year saw a decrease to just over 1 million tons. About half the wheat is grown on irrigated land. The proportion of land devoted to wheat remained essentially unchanged between 1980 and 1986, at a little less than 6 % of total planted area.
Wheat also accounts for the great bulk of imported food grains, exceeding 1 million tons annually and going higher than 1.8 million tons in Fiscal Year 1984, Fiscal Year 1985, and Fiscal Year 1987. The great bulk of the imported wheat is financed under aid programs of the United States, the European Economic Community, and the World Food Programme. Food grains are cultivated primarily for subsistence. Only a small% age of total production makes its way into commercial channels. Other Bangladeshi food crops, are grown chiefly for the domestic market. They include potatoes and sweet potatoes, with a combined record production of 2 million tons in Fiscal Year 1984; oilseeds, with an annual average production of 250,000 tons; and fruits such as bananas, jackfruit, mangoes, and pineapples. Estimates of sugarcane production put annual production at more than 7 million tons per year, most of it processed into a coarse, unrefined sugar known as gur, and sold domestically.
| Bangladesh | Communications | Back to Top |
Totally insufficient for a modern nation
Domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities
International: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2000)
| Bangladesh | Culture | Back to Top |
Bangladesh is famous for the remarkable ethnic and cultural homogeneity of its population. Over 97.5 % of its people are Bengalis; the remainder are Biharis, or non-Bengali Muslims, and indigenous tribal peoples. Bangladeshis are particularly proud of their valuable cultural and linguistic heritage because their independent nation is partially the result of a powerful movement to uphold and preserve their language and culture. Bangladeshis identify themselves closely with Bangla, their national language. One of the world's most densely populated nations, Bangladesh in the 1980s was caught in the vicious cycle of population development and poverty. Although the rate of growth had declined marginally in recent years, the rapid development of the population continued to be a tremendous burden on the nation. With 81.5 % of its people living in the nationside, Bangladesh was also one of the most rural nations in the Third World.
Since its birth in 1971, Bangladesh has suffered through both natural calamities and political upheavals. In July-September 1987, for example, the nation experienced its worst floods in more than thirty years, and floods during the same time in 1988 were even more devastating. In 1987 more than US$250 million of the economic infrastructure was destroyed, the main rice crop was severely damaged, and an around 1,800 lives were lost. The 1988 floods covered more than two-thirds of the nation, and more than 2,100 died from flooding and consequent disease. The nation also underwent a time of political unrest fomented by major opposition political parties. Enduring uncertainties as the 1990s approached were bound to have an impact on social development, particularly in the areas of education, development of the labor force, nutrition, and the building of infrastructure for sufficient health care and population control.
| Bangladesh | Defence | Back to Top |
Military branches: Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, National Cadet Corps), Armed Police battalions
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 36,005,553 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 21,362,279 (2001 est.)
| Bangladesh | International Disputes | Back to Top |
a portion of the boundary with India is indefinite; exchange of 151 enclaves along border with India subject to ratification by Indian parliament; dispute with India over South Talpatty/New Moore Island
| Bangladesh | Economy | Back to Top |
British India and then of Pakistan, the area now constituting Bangladesh suffered from chronic economic neglect. The region produced large quantities of agricultural goods, including most of the world’s jute, but received little investment in such basic items as transportation facilities and industrial plants. Bangladesh’s gross domestic product was around at $46 billion in 1999. In 1992 Bangladesh’s budget was around to include $2.8 billion in revenues and $4.1 billion in expenditures.
Bangladesh is overwhelmingly agricultural, with some three-fifths of the population engaged in farming. Jute and tea, which are principal sources of foreign exchange, follow rice as the most valuable agricultural products. The nation produces about one-fifth of the world's supply of raw jute. Other valuable agricultural products are wheat, pulses (leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils), sweet potatoes, oilseeds of various kinds, sugarcane, tobacco, and fruits such as bananas, mangoes, and pineapples.
contempt sustained domestic and international efforts to improve economic and demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains one of the world's poorest, most densely populated, and least developed nations. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single most valuable product. Major impediments to growth include frequent cyclones and floods, inefficient state-owned enterprises, insufficient port facilities, a rapidly growing labor force that cannot be absorbed by agriculture, delays in exploiting energy resources (natural gas), insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Reform is stalled in many instances by political infighting and corruption at all levels of government. Even so, Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA's Awami League government has made some headway improving the climate for foreign investors and liberalizing the capital markets. Progress on other economic reforms has been halting because of opposition from the bureaucracy, public area unions, and other unconditional interest groups.
| Bangladesh | Education | Back to Top |
At the starting of the 19th century a system of liberal English-language schools based on the British model was instituted in the region that now constitutes Bangladesh. The emphasis on British education led to the growth of an elite class that provided clerical and administrative support to the colonial administration but did not develop practical skills or technical knowledge.
| Bangladesh | Economy | Back to Top |
British India and then of Pakistan, the area now constituting Bangladesh suffered from chronic economic neglect. The region produced large quantities of agricultural goods, including most of the world’s jute, but received little investment in such basic items as transportation facilities and industrial plants. Bangladesh’s gross domestic product was around at $46 billion in 1999. In 1992 Bangladesh’s budget was around to include $2.8 billion in revenues and $4.1 billion in expenditures.
Bangladesh is overwhelmingly agricultural, with some three-fifths of the population engaged in farming. Jute and tea, which are principal sources of foreign exchange, follow rice as the most valuable agricultural products. The nation produces about one-fifth of the world's supply of raw jute. Other valuable agricultural products are wheat, pulses (leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils), sweet potatoes, oilseeds of various kinds, sugarcane, tobacco, and fruits such as bananas, mangoes, and pineapples.
contempt sustained domestic and international efforts to improve economic and demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains one of the world's poorest, most densely populated, and least developed nations. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single most valuable product. Major impediments to growth include frequent cyclones and floods, inefficient state-owned enterprises, insufficient port facilities, a rapidly growing labor force that cannot be absorbed by agriculture, delays in exploiting energy resources (natural gas), insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Reform is stalled in many instances by political infighting and corruption at all levels of government. Even so, Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA's Awami League government has made some headway improving the climate for foreign investors and liberalizing the capital markets. Progress on other economic reforms has been halting because of opposition from the bureaucracy, public area unions, and other unconditional interest groups.
During the Pakistan time, there was a general awareness of the need to restructure the education system to meet the needs of the new nation. A 1959 report by Pakistan's National Commission on Education recommended a series of reforms that would reorganize the structure of education. These reforms included emphasis on broadbased and technical education. In the successive five-year plans and other national economic policy documents developed during the Pakistan time, a need was articulated to shift the focus of education away from rote memorization and to expand facilities for scientific and technological education. But the impact of such policies was not felt in East Pakistan, and, with only a few exceptions, a liberal elite-based education system with very little awareness of life in the nationside was in place when Bangladesh became independent. Bangladesh generally follows the model accomplished by the British prior to 1947. Elementary education is free, and 84 % of all primary school-aged children are listed in schools. Secondary schools listed just 19 %. Poor school attendance earlier is a major reason for a literacy rate of only 51 % for Bangladeshis aged 15 and older.| Bangladesh | Government | Back to Top |
Government: Presidential form of government with popularly elected president and appointed prime minister. 1972 Constitution amended numerous times to reflect new political realities. Unicameral Parliament with 300 members. Elections held in March 1988.
Politics: Authoritarian or military regimes have run Bangladesh almost since its inception. Regime in power traditionally controls government and Parliament through single national political party: under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1972-75), the Awami League (People's League); under Ziaur Rahman (1977-81), the Bangladesh Nationalist Party; and under Hussain Muhammad Ershad (since 1982), the Jatiyo Party (National Party). Numerous opposition parties joined timeically in fractious alliances against party in power. In 1988 most valuable were Awami League, centrist Bangladesh Nationalist Party, leftist Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal (National Socialist Party), and conservative, pro-Islamic Jamaat e Islami. Student and workers' wings of these and other parties valuable players in national politics.
Justice: Supreme Court headed by chief justice. Two Supreme Court divisions: High Court Division with seven regional benches, and Appellate Division in Dhaka. Grass-roots judicial system at village level. British-style criminal codes, amended in Pakistan and Bangladesh eras.
Administrative Divisions: separated into four administration divisions headed by commissioners. Divisions separated into twenty-one regions, further subseparated into sixty-four districts (zilas). Urban subdivisions in 1988 included four municipal corporations (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, and Khulna--which corresponded to the four divisions in name), eightyseven municipalities (pourashavas), and thirty townships (thanas). Rural subdivisions included 460 subdistricts (upazilas) and 4,401 unions. Popularly elected representative councils (parishads) at various administrative levels except divisions and regions.
Foreign Affairs: Heavily dependent on massive infusions of foreign development aid, Bangladesh maintains neutral policy. Maintains friendly relations with United States, Soviet Union, and China; close relations with Muslim nations; and proper but watchful relations with neighboring India. Member of Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, Asian Development Bank, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth of Nations, Customs Cooperation Council, Group of 77, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Olympic Committee, International Rice Council, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, INTERPOL, Islamic Development Bank, Nonaligned Movement, Organization of the Islamic Conference, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, United Nations and all its affiliated agencies, World Federation of Trade Unions, and World Tourism Organization.
| Bangladesh | History | Back to Top |
Bangladesh, Formerly the East Wing of Pakistan, emerged as an independent nation in December 1971. The exclamation on the occasion--"Joi Bangla! Joi Bangla!" (Joi means Victory) was a collective and plaintive cry following a particularly bitter and bloody fight for freedom. These words echoed the cultural and ethnic disposition of the new state--in short, the ethos of the people--that Bangladesh was to be a culturally and linguistically cohesive unit. Pakistan itself had been created on August 15, 1947, largely the result of communal passions pitting Hindus against Muslims. Pakistan was separated into two wings, separated by 1,600 kilometers of Indian territory, with Islam only a tenuous link between the two wings. Of paramount importance to East Pakistanis was the Bangla language and culture, a consideration not appreciated by the West Wing of Pakistan until it was too late.
When Bangladesh joined the community of nations, it was at first recognized by only India and Bhutan. With its fragile and underdeveloped economic infrastructure under extreme duress, its law and order situation challenged by numerous well-armed contingents of unemployed former freedom fighters, its destroyed population agitated by the unfulfilled promise of rising expectations, Bangladesh was, in international circles, given the unfortunate label of "international basket case."
Bangladeshis rejoiced at their attainment of freedom and offered their adulation to the first national leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Mujib), or the Bangabandhu, the "Beloved of Bangladesh." Yet the future of Bangladesh, envisioned by the Bangabandhu and enshrined in the 1972 Constitution as nationalism, socialism, secularism, and democracy, was as uncertain and ephemeral as the Bengal monsoon. In 1975 Mujib, by then discredited for presiding over a bankrupt and corrupt regime, was assassinated along with most of his family. In the ensuing years, a number of regimes rose and fell in the violent legacy of Bangladeshi politics. Authoritarian and military rule has controlled the short history of Bangladesh. But Bengali society is known for its mercurial politics, and popular demands for a more open government in Bangladesh, while under control in the late 1980s, continued unabated.
| Bangladesh | Introduction | Back to Top |
Bangladesh, in full, People's Republic of Bangladesh, republic of southern Asia, in the north-eastern portion of the Indian subcontinent, bordered on the west, north, and east by India, on the south-east by Myanmar (Burma), and on the south by the Bay of Bengal. The area of the nation is 143,998 sq km. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh is Dhaka.
Official Name - People's Republic of Bangladesh| Bangladesh | Land | Back to Top |
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| Bangladesh | Languages | Back to Top |
The official language is Bangla, sometimes called Bengali. It is the first language of more than 98 % of the population. It is written in its own script, derived from that of Sanskrit. Urdu is the language of several hundred thousand people.
| Bangladesh | Legal | Back to Top |
Legal system: based on English common law
vote: 18 years of age; universal
Administrator branch: chief of state: President Shahabuddin AHMED (since 9 October 1996); note - the president's duties are normally ceremonial, but with the 13th amendment to the constitution ("Caretaker Government Amendment"), the president's role becomes remarkable at times when Parliament is broken and a caretaker government is installed - at presidential direction - to supervise the elections
Head of government: Prime Minister Khaleda ZIA (since 10 October 2001)
Cabinet: Cabinet selected by the prime minister and appointed by the president
Elections: president elected by National Parliament for a five-year term; election last held October 2001 (next to be held by 2006); following legislative elections, the leader of the party that wins the most seats is usually appointed prime minister by the president
| Bangladesh | Life | Back to Top |
Family and kinship were the core of social life in Bangladesh. A family group residing in a bari would function as the basic unit of economic endeavor, landholding, and social identity. In the eyes of rural people, the chula defined the effective household--an extended family exploiting jointly held property and being fed from a jointly operated kitchen. A bari might consist of one or more such functional households, depending on the circumstances of family relationship. Married sons generally lived in their parents' household during the father's lifetime. Although sons usually built separate houses for their nuclear families, they remained under their fathers' authority, and wives under their mothers-in-law's authority. The death of the father usually precipitated the separation of adult brothers into their own households. Such a split generally caused little change in the physical layout of the bari, however. Families at different stages of the cycle would display different configurations of household membership.
Although the age at marriage appeared to be rising in the 1980s, early marriage remained the rule even among the educated, and particularly among women. The mean age at marriage in 1981 for males was 24, and for females 17. Women students often married in their late teens and continued their studies in the households of their fathers-in-law. Divorce, particularly of young couples without children, was becoming increasingly common in Bangladesh, with around 1/6 marriages ending in this fashion in the 1980s.
A woman began to gain respect and security in her husband's or father-in-law's household only after giving birth to a son. Mothers therefore cherished and indulged their sons, while daughters were often more strictly disciplined and were assigned heavy household chores from an early age. In many families the closest, most intimate, and most enduring emotional relationship was that between mother and son. The father was a more distant figure, worthy of formal respect, and the son's wife might remain a virtual stranger for a long time after marriage.
| Bangladesh | organization | Back to Top |
AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO (pending member), ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNTAET, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
| Bangladesh | People | Back to Top |
In the 1980s, Bangladesh faced no greater problem than population growth. Census data compiled in 1901 suggested a total of 29.1 million in East Bengal, the region that became East Pakistan and eventually Bangladesh. By 1951, four years after partition from India, East Pakistan had 44 million people, a number that grew rapidly up to the first postfreedom census, taken in 1974, which reported the national population at 71.3 million. The 1981 census reported a population of 87.2 million and a 2.3 % annual growth rate. Thus, in just 80 years, the population had tripled. In July 1988 the population, by then the eighth largest in the world, stood at 109,965,000, and the average annual growth rate was 2.6 %. According to official estimates, Bangladesh was expected to reach a population of more than 140 million by the year 2000.
| Bangladesh | Economy | Back to Top |
British India and then of Pakistan, the area now constituting Bangladesh suffered from chronic economic neglect. The region produced large quantities of agricultural goods, including most of the world’s jute, but received little investment in such basic items as transportation facilities and industrial plants. Bangladesh’s gross domestic product was around at $46 billion in 1999. In 1992 Bangladesh’s budget was around to include $2.8 billion in revenues and $4.1 billion in expenditures.
Bangladesh is overwhelmingly agricultural, with some three-fifths of the population engaged in farming. Jute and tea, which are principal sources of foreign exchange, follow rice as the most valuable agricultural products. The nation produces about one-fifth of the world's supply of raw jute. Other valuable agricultural products are wheat, pulses (leguminous plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils), sweet potatoes, oilseeds of various kinds, sugarcane, tobacco, and fruits such as bananas, mangoes, and pineapples.
contempt sustained domestic and international efforts to improve economic and demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains one of the world's poorest, most densely populated, and least developed nations. Although more than half of GDP is generated through the service sector, nearly two-thirds of Bangladeshis are employed in the agriculture sector, with rice as the single most valuable product. Major impediments to growth include frequent cyclones and floods, inefficient state-owned enterprises, insufficient port facilities, a rapidly growing labor force that cannot be absorbed by agriculture, delays in exploiting energy resources (natural gas), insufficient power supplies, and slow implementation of economic reforms. Reform is stalled in many instances by political infighting and corruption at all levels of government. Even so, Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA's Awami League government has made some headway improving the climate for foreign investors and liberalizing the capital markets. Progress on other economic reforms has been halting because of opposition from the bureaucracy, public area unions, and other unconditional interest groups.
population of Bangladesh was 131,300,000, making Bangladesh one of the ten most populous countries. The overall density, 891 persons per sq km in 2002, is much higher than that of other countries except for microstates such as Singapore. Bangladesh supports a large rural population, with 21 % of the Bangladeshi people classified as urban in 1999.| Bangladesh | Politics | Back to Top |
Awami League or AL [Sheikh HASINA]; Bangladesh Communist Party or BCP [Saifuddin Ahmed MANIK]; Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP [Khaleda ZIAur Rahman]; Islami Oikya Jote or IOJ [Azizol HAQ]; Jamaat-E-Islami or JI [Motiur Rahman NIZAMI]; Jatiya Party or JP [Hussain Mohammad ERSHAD]
| Bangladesh | Provinces | Back to Top |
5 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi; note - there may be one additional division named Sylhet
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| Bangladesh | Currency and General Information | Back to Top |
| Bangladesh Taka | United States Dollars |
| 1.00 BDT | 0.0174672 USD |
| 57.2500 BDT | 1 USD |
| Countries Currency Unit | USD/Unit | Units/USD | |
| DZD | Algeria Dinars | 0.0129554 | 77.1877 |
| USD | United States Dollars | 1.00000 | 1.00000 |
| ARS | Argentina Pesos | 0.341293 | 2.93004 |
| AUD | Australia Dollars | 0.533413 | 1.87472 |
| ATS | Austria Schillings ** | 0.0632609 | 15.8076 |
| BSD | Bahamas Dollars | 1.00000 | 1.00000 |
| BBD | Barbados Dollars | 0.502513 | 1.99000 |
| BEF | Belgium Francs ** | 0.0215788 | 46.3417 |
| BMD | Bermuda Dollars | 1.00000 | 1.00000 |
| BRL | Brazil Reals | 0.430318 | 2.32386 |
| GBP | United Kingdom Pounds | 1.42399 | 0.702251 |
| BGL | Bulgaria Leva | 0.447293 | 2.23567 |
| CAD | Canada Dollars | 0.627606 | 1.59336 |
| CLP | Chile Pesos | 0.00152392 | 656.202 |
| CNY | China Yuan Renminbi | 0.120813 | 8.27726 |
| CYP | Cyprus Pounds | 1.49883 | 0.667186 |
| CZK | Czech Republic Koruny | 0.0281883 | 35.4758 |
| DKK | Denmark Kroner | 0.117155 | 8.53568 |
| XCD | East Caribbean Dollars | 0.370370 | 2.70000 |
| EGP | Egypt Pounds | 0.217271 | 4.60255 |
| EUR | Euro | 0.870489 | 1.14878 |
| FJD | Fiji Dollars | 0.447227 | 2.23600 |
| FIM | Finland Markkaa ** | 0.146406 | 6.83034 |
| FRF | France Francs ** | 0.132705 | 7.53550 |
| DEM | Germany Deutsche Marks ** | 0.445074 | 2.24682 |
| XAU | Gold Ounces | 301.977 | 0.00331151 |
| GRD | Greece Drachmae ** | 0.00255463 | 391.447 |
| HKD | Hong Kong Dollars | 0.128215 | 7.79939 |
| HUF | Hungary Forint | 0.00358416 | 279.006 |
| ISK | Iceland Kronur | 0.00999868 | 100.013 |
| INR | India Rupees | 0.0205205 | 48.7319 |
| IDR | Indonesia Rupiahs | 0.000102055 | 9,798.61 |
| IEP | Ireland Pounds ** | 1.10529 | 0.904738 |
| ILS | Israel New Shekels | 0.212386 | 4.70841 |
| ITL | Italy Lire ** | 0.000449570 | 2,224.35 |
| JMD | Jamaica Dollars | 0.0210041 | 47.6099 |
| JPY | Japan Yen | 0.00754183 | 132.594 |
| JOD | Jordan Dinars | 1.41057 | 0.708931 |
| LBP | Lebanon Pounds | 0.000660937 | 1,513.00 |
| LUF | Luxembourg Francs ** | 0.0215788 | 46.3417 |
| MYR | Malaysia Ringgits | 0.263330 | 3.79751 |
| MXN | Mexico Pesos | 0.111007 | 9.00848 |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollars | 0.440474 | 2.27028 |
| NOK | Norway Kroner | 0.113022 | 8.84780 |
| NLG | Netherlands Guilders ** | 0.395011 | 2.53158 |
| PKR | Pakistan Rupees | 0.0166945 | 59.9000 |
| PHP | Philippines Pesos | 0.0196386 | 50.9202 |
| XPT | Platinum Ounces | 510.962 | 0.00195709 |
| PLN | Poland Zlotych | 0.243488 | 4.10699 |
| PTE | Portugal Escudos ** | 0.00434198 | 230.310 |
| ROL | Romania Lei | 0.0000303433 | 32,956.21 |
| RUR | Russia Rubles | 0.0321342 | 31.1195 |
| SAR | Saudi Arabia Riyals | 0.266668 | 3.74998 |
| XAG | Silver Ounces | 4.65692 | 0.214734 |
| SGD | Singapore Dollars | 0.542540 | 1.84318 |
| SKK | Slovakia Koruny | 0.0208441 | 47.9751 |
| ZAR | South Africa Rand | 0.0883340 | 11.3207 |
| KRW | South Korea Won | 0.000759354 | 1,316.91 |
| ESP | Spain Pesetas ** | 0.00523174 | 191.141 |
| XDR | IMF Special Drawing Rights | 1.24862 | 0.800882 |
| SDD | Sudan Dinars | 0.00384615 | 260.000 |
| SEK | Sweden Kronor | 0.0964189 | 10.3714 |
| CHF | Switzerland Francs | 0.593789 | 1.68410 |
| TWD | Taiwan New Dollars | 0.0286531 | 34.9002 |
| THB | Thailand Baht | 0.0230087 | 43.4619 |
| TTD | Trinidad and Tobago Dollars | 0.163399 | 6.12000 |
| TRL | Turkey Liras | 0.000000763622 | 1,309,549.07 |
| VEB | Venezuela Bolivares | 0.00108696 | 920.000 |
| ZMK | Zambia Kwacha | 0.000239866 | 4,169.00 |
| Bangladesh : Geographic coordinates | 24 00 N, 90 00 E |
| Bangladesh : Population growth rate | 1.59% |
| Bangladesh : Birth rate | 25.3 births/1,000 population |
| Bangladesh : Death rate | 8.6 deaths/1,000 population |
| Bangladesh : People living with HIV/AIDS | 13,000 |
| Bangladesh : Independence | 16 December 1971 |
| Bangladesh : National holiday | 26 March |
| Bangladesh : Constitution | 4 November 1972 |
| Bangladesh : GDP | purchasing power parity - $203 billion |
| Bangladesh : GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $1,570 |
| Bangladesh : Electricity - consumption | 11.216 billion kWh |
| Bangladesh : Exports | $5.9 billion garments, jute and jute goods. |
| Bangladesh : Imports | $8.1 billion machinery and equipment, chemicals. |
| Bangladesh : Telephones | 500,000 |
| Bangladesh : Mobile cellular | 283,000 |
| Bangladesh : Radio broadcast stations | AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 |
| Bangladesh : Radios | 6.15 million |
| Bangladesh : Television broadcast stations | 15 |
| Bangladesh : Televisions | 770,000 |
| Bangladesh : Internet country code | .bd |
| Bangladesh : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | 10 |
| Bangladesh : Internet users | 30,000 |
| Bangladesh : Railways | 2,745 km |
| Bangladesh : Highways | 201,182 km |
| Bangladesh : Waterways | 8,046 km |
| Bangladesh : Pipelines | natural gas 1,250 km |
| Bangladesh : Ports and harbors | Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj |
| Bangladesh : Merchant marine | 35 ships |
| Bangladesh : Airports | 18 |
| Bangladesh : Heliports | N/A |
| Bangladesh : Military branches | Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, paramilitary forces |
| Bangladesh : Military expenditures | $559 million |