Independence: 1971 from
Pakistan after a 9-month long
bloody war
Facts at a Glance
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Full country name: The People's Republic of Bangladesh
Area: 143,998 sq km
Population: 135 million
Capital city: Dhaka (pop: 6 million)
People: 98% Bengali, 1% Bihari, 1% tribal
Language: Bangla (Bengali)
Religion: 87% Islam, 12% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist & 0.3%
Christian
Government: Constitutional Republic
President: Dr. Yazuddin Ahmed
 Economic
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Profile
GDP: US$48 billion
World GDP ranking: 56th
GDP per head: US$330
Annual growth: 4.5%
Inflation: 3%
Major industries: Textiles, clothing, jute
Major trading partners: US, Japan, South Korea
Bangladesh Territory
Bangladesh is nestled
in the crook of the Bay
of Bengal, surrounded
by India. It shares a
border in the southeast with Myanmar and
fronts onto the Bay of
Bengal. The country is
flat, flat, flat, and
dominated by the
braided strands of the
Ganges-BrahmaputraJamuna delta.
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
1971
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
The Pakistan Army didn't
even spare the Holy
Quran
Shaheed Minar destroyed
by Pakistani mortars
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
Those suspected were
kidnapped and killed brutally by
the Pakistani army and their
collaborators
Dr. Fazle Rabbi, Killed for
Patriotism.
(On December 14,1971 some of
the best brains of Bangladesh
were brutally tortured and killed)
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
Freedom Fighters in ambush
near Dhaka
Portrait of a freedom
fighter
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
Refugees of War
Innocent men killed
by the Pakistanis
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
Dogs eating corpse
Running for refuge
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
Massacre by Pakistani
Soldiers
Planned Killing of the
Intellectuals
PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR
A Poster by Potua
Kamrul Hasan depicts
President Yahiya Khan
of Pakistanas a Demon
On December 16,1971 Gen. Niazi (Middle)
of Pakistan scorted by Gen. Aurora (left)
and Major Haider (right) surrendered with
91 thousand soldiers.
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Partition, Wood, 19th
Century A.D
Model of Ahsan Manzil (an old
palace of the Nawabs of
Dhaka) gold and silver filigree
work of Dhaka 1905 A.D
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Inscription in Arabic, black stone of Sultan
Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah, 929 A.H./1522-23 A.D
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Visnu, Bronze :
before conservation
Visnu, Bronze :
after conservation
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Manasa (snake deity), bronze,
11th century A.D.
Terracotta plaque, 1st
century B.C.
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Gold Coin, Jalaluddin
Muhammad Akbar
1556-1605 A.D.
Waterfowls of Bangladesh
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Spotted Deer of the Sunderban Mangrove Forest
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Santal by Zainul Abedin
Three Belles by Quamrul Hasan
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Famine Sketch by Zainul Abedin
CULTURE & HERRITAGE
Sculpture by Novera Ahmed
TV PERFORMER
Shuborna
Shomi Keiser
Bipasha
TV PERFORMER
Mou
Tarin
TV PERFORMER
Afsana Mimi
Ishita
Tazin
FILM ACTRESS
Shabnur
Popi
FILM ACTRESS
Shabzan
Moushumi
BANGLADESH IN THE WORLD
CUP CRICKET 1999
In 1999 World Cup Cricket, Bangladesh beat Pakistan
FIRST TEST MATCH
Against India
EID FASHION
SMALL MOUNTAIN IN
BANGLADESH
LAL BAGER KELLA
WAR MARTYRS MEMORIAL
PARLIAMENT BHABAN
TEA GARDEN
OBSERVANCE OF 21ST
FEBRUARY-INTERNATIONAL
MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER
DHAKA UNIVERSITY
SMALL MOUNTAIN
BIRDS OF BANGLADESH
BANGLADESH GROUP AT
TOKYO ACADEMIC PARK
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