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Bangladesh

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Bangladesh. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Bangladesh's geography, history, government, economy, population,…

Bangladesh

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Bangladesh Bangladesh bäng-lädĕshˈ, băng– [Bengali,=Bengal nation], officially People's Republic…

Bangladesh Map

Bangladesh Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics Asia Map…

Bangladesh Map Quiz

Do you enjoy exploring different countries and cultures? Bangladesh is a country worth discovering, especially when it comes to its geography. How much do you know about the region? It's time to find…

Abed, Sir Fazle Hasan

(Encyclopedia) Abed, Sir Fazle Hasan, 1936–2019, Bangladeshi humanitarian. After studying accounting in Britain, he returned (1968) to what was then East Pakistan and began working for Shell Pakistan…

Narayanganj

(Encyclopedia) Narayanganj or NarayungunjNarayungunjboth: näräˈyəngənj [key], city (1991 pop. 296,000), E central Bangladesh, at the confluence of the Lakhya and Dhaleshwari rivers. It is the river…

Zia ur-Rahman, Khaleda

(Encyclopedia) Zia ur-Rahman, Khaleda, or Khaleda ZiaZia ur-Rahman, Khaleda,käˈlĕdä zēˈä &oomacr;r-rämänˈ [key], 1945–, Bangladesh political leader. In 1960 she married Zia ur-Rahman, an army…

Mujibur Rahman

(Encyclopedia) Mujibur RahmanMujibur Rahmanm&oomacr;jēb&oobreve;rˈ rämänˈ [key], 1921–75, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) political leader, prime minister of Bangladesh (1972–75), popularly…

Ershad, Hussain Muhammad

(Encyclopedia) Ershad, Hussain Muhammad, 1930–2019, Bangladeshi military and political leader, b. Cooch Behar (now part of West Bengal, India). Commissioned in Pakistan's army in 1952, he was a…

Surma

(Encyclopedia) SurmaSurmasûrˈmə, s&oobreve;rˈmä [key], river, 320 mi (515 km) long, rising in the Manipur hills, NE India, and flowing generally W through the Surma valley, where the river is…