Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations in the Context of Recent Developments in Myanmar 3. Bangladesh-Myanmar relations: Challenges and Opportunities Bangladesh and Myanmar share approximately 200 kilometre of land border. Both the countries have a long history of sharing political‚ cultural and economic affairs prior to their emergence as modern nation states. They have also common heritage of British colonial experience. However‚ after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971‚ Myanmar expressed willingness
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Urdu as the official state language‚ protest erupted throughout the eastern wing. On 21 February 1952 (8 Falgun 1359 in Bangla calendar) students protest led to killing of ordinary citizen by the police. More people were killed the next day. In Bangladesh 21st February - ’Ekushey February’ in Bangla - is observed as ’Shaheed Dibosh’ (Martyr’s Day) whilst the United Nations declared it officially as "International Mother Language Day". The Shaheed Minar (Martyr’s Column) in Dhaka‚ and other replicas
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Colonization of Bangladesh Bangladesh‚ a developing country‚ is relatively unknown in the globalized world and is often confused with its dominant neighbor‚ India. The country as we see it now did not exist even 50 years ago. The purpose of this paper is to detail how the region was colonized‚ how Bangladesh came to be and a brief overview of how it is doing now. As most geographers know that there is an intense relationship between Pakistan‚ India and Bangladesh‚ for good reason too. They were
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consumers must take a share of the responsibility for the deaths in the Bangladeshi clothing factory. By: David Blair Published By: The Telegraph Date: 25 Apr 2013 Summary: This article is about the distressing incident which took place in Bangladesh where 228 people died in the fall down of eight storey’s Rana Plaza. Rana Plaza had shops‚ offices and factories crowded with many people. But due to its substandard construction building got collapsed and fell down killing many people. While
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Bangladesh Liberation War‚ 1971 The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 was for independence from Pakistan. India and Pakistan got independence from the British rule in 1947. Pakistan had two parts‚ East and West‚ which were separated by about 1‚000 miles. East Pakistan was mainly the eastern part of the province of Bengal. The capital of Pakistan was Karachi in West Pakistan and was moved to Islamabad in 1958. However‚ due to discrimination in economy and ruling powers against them‚ the East Pakistanis
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Democratic Practice in Bangladesh From the Dravidian ages to Hossain Mohammad Ershad‚ Bangladesh was a prime place for dictatorship and monarchy. All rulers in Bangladesh ruled with absolute power and until 1990‚ the people did not have much say in the political system. Although some rulers of Mughal Dynasty are credited with following the peoples opinion‚ that was not a democratic system. Only two exceptions can be marked from the pre-1990s era. One is the election of 1946 where Muslim league
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Export processing zone Type of free trade zone (FTZ)‚ set up generally in developing countries by their governments to promote industrial and commercial exports. In addition to providing the benefits of a FTZ‚ these zones offer other incentives such as exemptions from certain taxes and business regulations. It is also called development economic zone or special economic zone. An export processing zone is defined as a territorial or economic enclave in which goods may be imported and manufactured
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Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in the Corps of Army Engineers and later served in the Corps of Artillery. In the beginning of 1970 he was deputed to EPR Sector Head-Quarter at Chittagong as Adjutant of the sector. In March 1971‚ he joined the Bangladesh Liberation War‚ and was one of the pioneer freedom fighters. During the Liberation War‚ he was Commander of Sector No. 1 of
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ntroduction Bangladesh as a vacation land has many facets. Her tourist attractions include archaeological sites‚ historic mosques and monuments‚ resorts‚ beaches‚ picnic spots‚ forest and wildlife. Bangladesh offers opportunities for angling‚ water-skiing‚ river cruising‚ hiking‚ rowing‚ surfing‚ yachting and sea bathing as well as bringing one in close touch with Mother Nature. She is also rich in wildlife and game birds. HISTORY The history of Bangladesh has been one of extremes‚ of turmoil
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Bangladesh is a developing country. She achieved independence 42 years ago but still she depends on foreign helps regarding many issues. She is trapped in a lot of problems such as poverty‚ over population‚ unemployment‚ corruption‚ health hazard‚ food and accommodation crisis‚ illiteracy etc. But‚ the present government has promised and started taking steps to change the situation and has determined to build a “Digital Bangladesh”. The sense of Digital Bangladesh is not clear yet. We assume that
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