Not only for BCS, but also as a Bangladeshi, you must know about your country.
A good number of questions are frequently come in the BCS examination. Today some important issues regarding Bangladesh are given belwo.
Bangladesh officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia, bordered by India and Myanmar, at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. It is separated from Nepal and Bhutan by the narrow Siliguri Corridor.
It is the world's eighth most populous country and the ninety-second largest country by area, making it one of the most densely populated nations on Earth.
The majority of the population are Muslims, followed by Hindus, with diverse Buddhist and Christian communities.
The official language is Bengali, which is also spoken in the neighboring Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.
Dominated by the fertile Bengal delta, Bangladesh is rich in biodiversity and is home to the world's largest mangrove forest, a mountainous east and a 600 km (370 mi) coastline that has one of the world's longest beaches.
The present-day borders of Bangladesh took shape during the Partition of Bengal and the British India in 1947, when East Bengal came to be known as East Pakistan, as a part of the newly formed state of Pakistan. It was separated from West Pakistan by 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) of Indian territory.
The restoration of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative calm and economic progress. In 2014, the Bangladeshi general election was boycotted by major opposition parties, resulting in a parliament and government dominated by the Awami League and its smaller coalition partners.
Bangladesh is a unitary parliamentary republic with an elected parliament called the Jatiyo Sangshad.
This also gives Bangladesh a unique name tag as "the land of rivers". Bangladesh has a rich heritage of ancient civilization.
Bangladesh continues to face numerous political, economic, social and environmental challenges, including political instability, corruption, poverty, overpopulation, and global warming.
