Bangladesh ( Land of the Bengalis ) is an independent Asian state located in the delta of Ganges and Yamuna (Brahmaputra) rivers in the northeastern part of Indian subcontinent. The country’s official name is the people’s republic of Bangladesh (Bengali: Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh). The capital is Dhaka.
As the eastern portion of the historic region of Bengal, the area formed along with what is now the Indian state of west Bengal, the province of Bengal in British India. From the partition of 1947 until 1971 it was, as East Pakistan, one of the provinces of Pakistan, separated from the other four by 1,100 miles (Indian Territory).
Although a new state, it’s people inherit a history and the heritage of several thousand years of Indian civilization. The ten million inhabitants of Bangladesh descend from various races, namely, the Dravidians, the Aryans, the Mongolians, the Arab Muslims followed by the Persians, the Turks, the Afghans and lastly the Mughuls.
Bangladesh lies between 20° 34’and 26°38’ north latitudes 88° 01’ and 92° 41’ east longitudes and as a consequence falls in the north eastern part of south Asia. The Indian States of West Bangla, Meghalaya and Tripura border Bangladesh in the West, north, and east and Burma forms the Southern Part of the eastern frontier. The Bay of Bengal limits the land area in the South.
The land area of Bangladesh is 55,598 sq.miles (143,998 sq. km). The territorial waters extend to 12 nautical miles and the area of high seas, extending to 200 nautical miles measured from the base line, constitutes the economic zone of the country. Although Bangladesh is a small country in area the cost line is more than 300 miles long.
Bangladesh consists of four principal administrative units known as Divisions. These are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, and Rajshahi Divisions.
Bangladesh having about 80%of its area as flat fertile alluvial land is rightly considered as an agricultural country. But the presence of abundant coal and limestone within mineable depths, large reserves of peat, white ceramic clay, and glass sand on the surface can assist Bangladesh in gaining recognition as an industrial country as well.
The present ceramic industries of the country utilize clay and glass sand as raw materials. The mining of coal and limestone will lead to setting up of new cement industries and iron and steel works with imported iron-ore, one of the cheapest mineral raw materials in the world . Once Bangladesh has pig iron of its own, the door for the establishment of an almost endless chain of industries will be opened up. In this connection it may be noted that the twentieth century may be considered as the age of iron and steel.
As the eastern portion of the historic region of Bengal, the area formed along with what is now the Indian state of west Bengal, the province of Bengal in British India. From the partition of 1947 until 1971 it was, as East Pakistan, one of the provinces of Pakistan, separated from the other four by 1,100 miles (Indian Territory).
Although a new state, it’s people inherit a history and the heritage of several thousand years of Indian civilization. The ten million inhabitants of Bangladesh descend from various races, namely, the Dravidians, the Aryans, the Mongolians, the Arab Muslims followed by the Persians, the Turks, the Afghans and lastly the Mughuls.
Bangladesh lies between 20° 34’and 26°38’ north latitudes 88° 01’ and 92° 41’ east longitudes and as a consequence falls in the north eastern part of south Asia. The Indian States of West Bangla, Meghalaya and Tripura border Bangladesh in the West, north, and east and Burma forms the Southern Part of the eastern frontier. The Bay of Bengal limits the land area in the South.
The land area of Bangladesh is 55,598 sq.miles (143,998 sq. km). The territorial waters extend to 12 nautical miles and the area of high seas, extending to 200 nautical miles measured from the base line, constitutes the economic zone of the country. Although Bangladesh is a small country in area the cost line is more than 300 miles long.
Bangladesh consists of four principal administrative units known as Divisions. These are Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, and Rajshahi Divisions.
Bangladesh having about 80%of its area as flat fertile alluvial land is rightly considered as an agricultural country. But the presence of abundant coal and limestone within mineable depths, large reserves of peat, white ceramic clay, and glass sand on the surface can assist Bangladesh in gaining recognition as an industrial country as well.
The present ceramic industries of the country utilize clay and glass sand as raw materials. The mining of coal and limestone will lead to setting up of new cement industries and iron and steel works with imported iron-ore, one of the cheapest mineral raw materials in the world . Once Bangladesh has pig iron of its own, the door for the establishment of an almost endless chain of industries will be opened up. In this connection it may be noted that the twentieth century may be considered as the age of iron and steel.
