Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh ranks 102nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Puerto Rico, Cyprus, and Libya. Memorable people born in present day Bangladesh include Muhammad Yunus, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Sri Chinmoy. Memorable people who died in Bangladesh include Bayazid Bastami, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Kazi Nazrul Islam. Bangladesh has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and is among the most densely populated countries with a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, 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 mountainous 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 of Bangladesh is Bengali. Read more on Wikipedia