Bangladesh is a law-lying country with a total area of 55,5987 square miles or 1,47,570 square kilometers. It stretches latitudinal between 20'34' and 26'38' north and longitudinally between 88 '01' and 92'41' east. It is mostly 5 ungrounded by Indian territory except for a small strip in the southeast by Myanmar. Bay of Bengal lies of the south. Most of its area is relatively flat lying in the dialysis plain of the Ganges- Brahmaoutra - Meghna river system. The only significant uplands are in the northeast and southeast of the country with average evaluator pf 244m and 610, respectively. The country is covered with a network of rivers and canals forming a maze of interconnecting channels.
Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon climate marked by sweltering temperature and high humidity. The country has mainly four seasons, the winter ( Dec-Feb), summer ( Mar-May), monsoon ( Jun-Sept) and autumn ( Oct-Nov). During summer and monsoon tropical cyclones, storms and tidal bores are not uncommon.
The population of Bangladesh is about 135 million. Majirity if tne pipulation are Muslim, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians make up 13 percent of the entire population Over 98 percent if the people speak Bengali, English. However,is widely used..
The lowest administrative unit is the union run by an elected union council. Each union comprises about 20,000 inhabitants and about8-10 unions cluster into a upazila. Government services are concentrated at the upazila level. There are about 472 upzila in Bangladesh. Several upazila form a district. The total number of districts stands at 64. The entire country is broadly divided into six administrative divisions, namely-Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet.
Bangladesh has an agrarian economy. Agriculture accounts for nearly 46 percent of the GDP and provides employment to more than 61 percent of the work force . Jute and rice are main cash crops. Other crops are tea, sugarcane, oilseed , fruits, vegetables, spices, wheat, potatoes , tobacco and cotton. The major industry in Bangladesh is jute processing followed by cotton, steel, garments and pharmaceutical. As an emerging nation, Bangladesh Places special priority on economic and social development. In order to accelerate the development process the Government has recently decentralized the administration and has undertaken massive development program mes.
