Bangladesh in Brief For Turist

Bangladesh's places of interest include, historical and monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forests and also tribal people, wildlife of various species. Bangladesh offers ample options to tourists for angling, Water Skiing, River cruising, rowing yachting along with bringing one in close touch with pristine nature.

In the particular northern part, comprising the Rajshahi division, there are archaeological web sites, including the temple city in the largest and most old archaeological site, Mahasthangarh in Bogra the single largest Buddhist monastery, Paharpur in Naogaon one of the most ornamental terracota Hindu temple in Bangladesh Kantaji Temple, and several rajbaris or palaces of old zamindars

In the south-eastern portion, which is the Chittagong division, there are natural and hilly locations like Chittagong Hill Tracts, along with sandy sea beaches. The highest beach, in Cox's Bazar is a contender for the title of longest unbroken sandy sea beach on earth.

1. Official Name: "The People’s Republic of Bangladesh"

2. State Religion: "Islam" but other main religions namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity are practiced in peace and harmony.

3. State Language: "Bangla" (98% Bengali)

4. National Anthem: The first ten lines of “Amar Sonar Bangla”. written by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

5. National Flag: Consists of a circle coloured red throughout its area, resting on a green rectangular background. The length to width ratio of the rectangle is 10:6 and the circle has a radius of one fifth of the length.

6. National Emblem: The national flower “Shapla” (nymphea-nouchali) resting on water, having on each side an ear of paddy and being surmounted by three connected leaves of jute with two stars on each side of the leaves.

7. Capital: "Dhaka"

8. Nationality: "Bangladeshi"

9. Name of Currency: "Taka (TK)"
Denominations:
Notes:Taka 1000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 & 1
Coins: Taka 5, 2, 1 and Paisa 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 & 1

10. Geographical Location: Between 20°34′ and 26°38′ north latitude and between 88°01′ and 92°41′ east longitude.

11. Boundary: North: India, West: India, South: Bay of Bengal, East: India and Myanmar

12. Area: 56977 sq. miles or 147570 sq. km.

13. Territorial Water: 200 nautical miles.