BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH

NATIONAL FLAG

EMBLEM

Government Seal of Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka

Dialing code: +880

Capital and largest city: Dhaka; 23°42′N 90°21′E / 23.700°N 90.350°E

Population: 163 million (2016) World Bank

President: Abdul Hamid

Prime minister: Sheikh Hasina

Capital Dhaka

and largest city  

23°42′N 90°21′E

           Religion       

 86.6%             Islam

 12.1%             Hinduism

 0.6%               Buddhism

 0.4%               Christianity

 0.3%               Others

Demonym Bangladeshi

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

 President

  Abdul Hamid

 Prime Minister

  Sheikh Hasina

         

 House Speaker

  Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

 Chief Justice  

Md. Abdul Wahhab Miah (Acting 207)

                             

 Area

 Total

147,570[5] km2 (56,980 sq mi) (92nd)

 Water (6.4%)

 Legislature Jatiya Sangsad

 Formation and independence

 Partition of Bengal and end of the British Raj

 14–15 August 1947

 Independence declared from Pakistan

26 March 1971

Recognized

16 December 1971

 Constitution

4 November 1972

 Last territorial admission

31 July 2015

Population

• 2016 estimate

162,951,560 (8th)

• 2011 census

149,772,364 (8th)

• Density

1,106/km2 (2,864.5/sq mi) (10th)

GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate

• Total

$686.598 billion (33rd)

• Per capita

$4,207 (139th)

GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate

• Total

$248.853 billion(45th)

• Per capita

$1,524(148th)

Gini (2010) 32.1

medium

HDI (2016) Increase 0.579

medium · 139th

Currency   Taka (৳) (BDT)

Time zone BST (UTC+6)

        Date format        

      dd-mm-yyyy

BS দদ-মম-বববব (CE−594)

Drives on the left

Calling code      +880

ISO 3166 code    BD

Internet TLD       .bd বাংলা

Website In Bangladesh Government Bangladesh