- Official name
- People's Republic of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী · Bengali
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 161 million
- Area
- 147,570 km²
- Currency
- Bangladeshi taka (BDT)
- Neighbours
- Myanmar, India
- Internet / phone
- .bd · +880
Where it is
Notable facts
- Bangladesh sits on the world’s largest river delta, formed by the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.
- The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest on Earth and a stronghold of the Bengal tiger.
- Cox’s Bazar has one of the world’s longest uninterrupted natural sand beaches, about 120 km.
- International Mother Language Day marks the 1952 Bengali Language Movement protests in Dhaka.
World Heritage 3 sites
National dish
Ilish with riceইলিশ Hilsa, an oily river fish, mustard-steamed or fried, eaten with plain rice.
Nothing is official. Ilish is the fish of the Padma and of Bengali New Year; panta bhat, rice soaked overnight in water, is the other usual answer.