OFFICIAL
NAME:
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh
IN
SHORT:
Bangladesh
GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION:
South Asia; between 200o 34 and 260o 38 north
latitude, and between 880o 01 and 920o 41 east
longitude; consists of flat, fertile alluvial
land.
BOUNDARIES:
North: India (West Bengal & Meghalaya);
West: India (West Bengal); East: India (Tripura
& Assam) and Myanmar; South: Bay of Bengal.
AREA:
147,570 sq km (Territorial waters - 12 nautical
miles)
CAPITAL City:
Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 522 sq km
STANDARD
TIME:
GMT + 6 hours
CLIMATE:
Sub-tropical monsoon Winter (December-February)
Temperature: average maximum 29 C, average minimum
11 C Summer (April-June) Temperature: average
maximum 32 C, average minimum 21 C
RAINFALL:
1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon season,
June-August)
HUMIDITY:
Highest: 99% (July); Lowest: 36% (December-January)
VEGETATION:
Grassland, mixed evergreen and evergreen
POPULATION:
137 million
POPULATION
GROWTH RATE:
1.42 %
ADULT
LITERACY RATE:
15 years+: 65%
ETHNIC GROUPS:
Mixed group of Proto Austroloids/ Dravidians,
Mongoloids and Aryans.
LANGUAGE:
Bangla: 95 % (English is widely spoken)
RELIGION:
Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%),
Christian, Others (0.3%)
FOOD:
Rice, vegetables, pulses, fish and meat
PRINCIPAL
CROPS:
Rice, wheat, jute, tea, tobacco and sugarcane
PRINCIPAL
RIVERS:
Padma, Brahmaputra, Jamuna,Meghna, Karnaphuli,
Teesta, etc. Total of 230 rivers, including
tributaries
MINERAL
RESOURCES:
Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal, lignite,
silica sand, white clay, radio active sand,
etc.
HUMAN
RESOURCES:
A substantial manpower reserve; trained and
skilled engineers, technicians, physicians,
economists, accountants, administrative and
managerial personnel; abundance of low-cost,
easily trainable and adaptable, hard-working,
intelligent and youthful labour force.
FORM
OF GOVERNMENT:
Parliamentary
form of Government headed by the Prime Minister.
The President is the constitutional head of
the State.
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CURRENCY:
Taka (Tk.) (Floating exchnage rate:
US$1 =Tk 68)
GDP:
US$61 billion (2005)
PER CAPITA GDP:
US$470 (2005)
PER CAPITA PURCHASING POWER:
US$1570 (2005)
GDP GROWTH RATE:
5.38% (2005)
SECTORAL CONTRIBUTION IN GDP:
Agriculture 21.9%
Industry 28.44%
Services 49.65%
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH RATE
(AT 1996 CONSTANT PRICE ):
8.5%
INFLATION RATE:
5.1%
INVESTMENT RATE:
23.2% of GDP
NATIONAL SAVINGS RATE:
23.7% of GDP
EXPORTS:
US$8.65 billion (2004-2005)
IMPORTS:
US$ 13.10 billion (2004-2005)
BANK RATE:
5%
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES:
Jute, tea, textiles, garments, paper, newsprint,
fertilizer, leather and leather gods, sugar,
cement, fish processing, pharmaceuticals, chemical
industries, etc.
TRADITIONAL EXPORT ITEMS:
Raw jute, jute manufactures (Hessian sacking,
carpet backing, carpets), jute products, tea,
leather, leather products etc.
NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORT ITEMS: Garments,
frozen shrimps, other fish products, newsprint,
paper, naphtha, furnace oil, urea, ceramic products
etc.
MAJOR IMPORTS:
Wheat, oil, seeds, crude petroleum, raw cotton,
edible oil, petroleum products, fertilizer,
cement, staple fibers, yarn, iron and steel,
capital goods, etc.
MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS:
USA, EU countries, India, China, Japan. Singapore,
South Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, UAE.
AIRPORTS:
Zia International Airport, Dhaka , Chittagong
International Airport, Chittagong and Osmani
International Airport, Sylhet.
OTHER AIRPORTS:
Cox’s Bazar,
Thakurgaon, Syedpur, Rajshahi, Jessore and Barisal.
SEA PORTS:
Chittagong and Mongla.
INLAND RIVER PORTS:
Dhaka, Chanpur, Barisal, Khulna, Bhariab, Narayangonj,
Sirajganj etc
EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR FORCE:
Civilian labour force: 60.3 million
Male: 37.5 million
female 22.8 million
Distribution of labour force:
Agriculture - 62.3%
Industry - 8.3%
Others - 29.40% |
