Geography Of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is located in south of Asia on the shore of Bay of Bengal.The Bay of Bengal is on the south and the other three sides of the country by India but she shares a bit of the south-east border with Mayanmar.The tropic of cancer and the 90 degree longitudinal line intersects almost in the middleof the country. She became independent from Pakistan in the year 1971 after 9 months of liberation war. The total land area of the country is 1,44,570 square kilometres and our population is about 150 million. Almost all the people of our country speak Bangla. English is also widely used.There are a number of tribal dialects living in our country. Abouth 85% of the population are Muslims and the rest are Hindus, Buddhists and Cristians. The national dress of the Bangalees is panjabi and lungi for men and blouse and saree for the women. The majority of the population are farmers. Dhaka is the capital of our country and Chittagong, ther port city is called the commercial capital of our country. Coxs Bazar, Rangamati, Banderban, Sunderbans are some of the main tourist sites of our country.