The Country : The people's Republic of Bangladesh
Geographical location : South Asia; between 20° 34´ and 26° 38´ north
latitude and between 88° 01´ and 92° 41´ east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land.
Boundaries : North - India (West Bengal Meghalaya)
West - India (West Bengal)
East- India (Tripura & Assam) & Mayanmar
South - Bay of Bangal
Area : 147,570 square km. (Territorial water - 12 nautical miles)
Capital City : Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km
Standard time : GMT+ 7 hours.
Climate : Sub-tropical monson.
Winter (December- February) temperature
average maximum 26.5 C, average minimum 13.9 C, Summer (March-May) temperature : average minimum 32.6 C, average minimum 22.4 C : Rainy Season (June-September).
Rainfall :1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August)
Humidity : Highest :99 percent (July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January)
Population : 144.50 Million (1st July 2008 (P))
Population Growth Rate : 1.39 percent
Population Density : 979 Person per sq km
Total fertility rate : 2.74 Children born/woman (2009 est.)
Life expectancy : 66.7 years (1st July 2008 (P))
Birth Rate : 24.68 (2009 est.)
Mortality rate : 8 (2008 est.)
Adult literacy rate : 48.8 Per sent (15 years +)
Language : 95 percent Bangla and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken.
Religion : Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christain (0.3%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%)
Food : Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat.
Mineral resources : Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal,
Lignite, silica sand white clay, radio active
Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of
oil deposit)
Human resources : A substantial manpower reserve, trained From 27 public government and technical University along with 51 Private University 18 media.
Skilled : Engineers, technicians, physicians economists, Accountants, administrative and managerial, personal abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and Youthful l abourforce.
(Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, June 2007. & www.cia.gov)
Geographical location : South Asia; between 20° 34´ and 26° 38´ north
latitude and between 88° 01´ and 92° 41´ east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land.
Boundaries : North - India (West Bengal Meghalaya)
West - India (West Bengal)
East- India (Tripura & Assam) & Mayanmar
South - Bay of Bangal
Area : 147,570 square km. (Territorial water - 12 nautical miles)
Capital City : Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km
Standard time : GMT+ 7 hours.
Climate : Sub-tropical monson.
Winter (December- February) temperature
average maximum 26.5 C, average minimum 13.9 C, Summer (March-May) temperature : average minimum 32.6 C, average minimum 22.4 C : Rainy Season (June-September).
Rainfall :1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August)
Humidity : Highest :99 percent (July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January)
Population : 144.50 Million (1st July 2008 (P))
Population Growth Rate : 1.39 percent
Population Density : 979 Person per sq km
Total fertility rate : 2.74 Children born/woman (2009 est.)
Life expectancy : 66.7 years (1st July 2008 (P))
Birth Rate : 24.68 (2009 est.)
Mortality rate : 8 (2008 est.)
Adult literacy rate : 48.8 Per sent (15 years +)
Language : 95 percent Bangla and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken.
Religion : Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christain (0.3%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%)
Food : Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat.
Mineral resources : Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal,
Lignite, silica sand white clay, radio active
Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of
oil deposit)
Human resources : A substantial manpower reserve, trained From 27 public government and technical University along with 51 Private University 18 media.
Skilled : Engineers, technicians, physicians economists, Accountants, administrative and managerial, personal abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and Youthful l abourforce.
(Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, June 2007. & www.cia.gov)
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