Bangladesh
Country in South Asia
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most-populous country in the world, with a population of around 169 million people in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family.
News coverage
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'Bangladeshi pirates' hack forest guard to death in Sundarbans
IndiaTimes
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BJP's CAA card has confused Matua voters in Bongaon and adjoining seats in Bengal
IndiaTimes
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Harnessing Regional Potential By Facilitating Nepal-India-Bangladesh Hydropower Agreement – OpEd
Eurasia Review
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Government starts giving citizenship under CAA, 300 get in first lot
IndiaTimes
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