Bangladesh Country in Asia

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia; and is bordered by India to its west, north and east; Burma to its southeast and dissevered from Nepal and Bhutan by the Chicken’s Neck corridor.

Bangladesh is a country in South Asia; and is bordered by India to its west, north and east; Burma to its southeast and dissevered from Nepal and Bhutan by the Chicken’s Neck corridor. To its south, it faces the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh is the world's eighth-most populous country, with over 160 million people, and among the most densely populated countries. It composes part of the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal, along with the neighbouring Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.

The present-day borders of Bangladesh took shape during the Partition of Bengal and British India in 1947, when the region came to be kenned as East Pakistan, as a component of the incipiently composed state of Pakistan. It was dissevered from West Pakistan by 1,400 km of Indian territory. Due to political omission, ethnic and linguistic discrimination and economic neglect by the politically ascendant western wing, nationalism, popular agitation and civil incompliance led to the Bangladesh Liberation War and independence in 1971. After independence, the incipient state endured penuriousness, famine, political turmoil and military coups. The renovation of democracy in 1991 has been followed by relative calm and economic progress. In 2014, the Bangladeshi general election was boycotted by major opposition parties, resulting in a parliament and regime dominated by the Awami League and its more minuscule coalition partners.

Bangladesh is a unitary parliamentary republic with an elected parliament called the Jatiyo Sangshad. The native Bengalis form the country's most astronomically immense ethnic group, along with indigenous peoples in northern and southeastern districts. Geographically, the country is dominated by the fertile Bengal delta, the world's most immensely colossal delta. This withal gives Bangladesh a unique name tag "The land of rivers".

Bangladesh is a Next Eleven emerging economy. It has achieved paramount strides in human and convivial development since independence, including in progress in gender equity, macrocosmic primary edification, victuals engenderment, health and population control. However, Bangladesh perpetuates to face numerous political, economic, convivial and environmental challenges, including political instability, corruption, penuriousness, overpopulation and climate change.

The country is a founding member of SAARC, the Developing 8 Countries and BIMSTEC. It contributes one of the most immensely colossal peacekeeping forces to the Amalgamated Nations. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Kineticism.