Bangladesh-PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Bangladesh Index Despite its poor-country status‚ increasing numbers of tourists have visited Bangladesh‚ a new but minor source of foreign exchange earning. Tourism in the early 1980s amounted to some 49‚000 visitors per year‚ but by 1986 more than 129‚000 tourists--mostly from India‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and Japan--visited Bangladesh. According to the Bangladesh Parjaton Corporation (Bangladesh Tourism Corporation)‚ some Tk44.6 million in foreign exchange
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CGS Working Paper CGS WP 4 Bangladesh Bank Reform Changes and Challenges Haydory Akbar Ahmed Background Paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2006 Centre for Governance Studies BRAC University Dhaka‚ Bangladesh www.cgs-bu.com Ahmed: Bangladesh Bank Reform CGS WP 5 The Centre for Governance Studies at BRAC University seeks to foster a new generation of researchers‚ public administrators and citizens with critical and analytical perspectives on governance. The Centre’s State
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Structure of Bangladesh Introduction Bangladesh officially the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. The borders of present-day Bangladesh were established with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947‚ when the region became the eastern wing of the newly-formed Pakistan. However‚ it was separated from the western wing by 1‚600 kilometres (1‚000 mi) across India. Political and linguistic
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The Economic Development of Bangladesh Introduction Economic development is one dimension of the more inclusive concept of development. Development is both a process and a project. As a process‚ it refers to changes occurring in countries defined variously as undeveloped‚ underdeveloped‚ developing‚ emerging‚ and newly industrializing. Economic development refers to the raising of the productive capacity of a country through the introduction of policies designed to enhance the productivity
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Tourism Sector Of Bangladesh THESIS PAPER ON TOURISM OF BANGLADESH Course: Advanced Composition (BUS-133) M.H.School of Business Presidency University Prepared For: Shanaz Akhter Lecturer Department Of English Prepaed By: 1. Toukir Ahmed ID #101 209 025 2. Md. Shakil Miah ID # 102 141 025 5th Deceember 2011
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‘‘Each state follows the polities of its geography’’- Nepoleon India is the immediate neighbors of Bangladesh with common borders. The land border with India extended over 4144 kilometers. Thus‚ in terms of peace along with the extensive border and overall national security‚ the quality of relation with India is very crucial for Bangladesh. The break-up at Pakistan and emergence of Bangladesh as an independent state in 1971 was in the strategic interest of India .The two-nation theory on which Pakistan
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Preface Bangladesh is largely ethnically homogeneous. Indeed‚ its name derives from the Bengali ethno-linguistic group‚ which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis‚ who also predominate in the West Bengal province of India‚ are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the region. The dialect spoken by those in Chittagong and Sylhet are particularly
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Upazila‚ and Municipality‚ Union or any part of Bangladesh declared to be a Disaster Area under this Act. Major Disasters in Bangladesh Major disasters that occur in Bangladesh are: Tropical cyclone‚ Tidal bore‚ Flood‚ Tornado‚ River bank erosion‚ Earthquake etc. Outline of Most Severe Disasters I. Cyclone: * Cyclones are the worst killer; * The severe cyclone of 12 November 1970 took a tool of 0.3 million human lives in Bangladesh and put property damages to more than one billion
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exploitation of natural resources. In turn‚ the conventional sources of energy we use today cause pollution‚ so economic growth is almost inevitably associated with environmental damage. One of the aspects of economic growth which affects the environment most of all is that‚ in order to produce more goods and products‚ at a faster rate‚ the construction of large industrial plants is required. These enterprises generate a lot of waste in the form of liquid waste and gaseous fumes. The liquid waste
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EU-Bangladesh Relations at a glance: Since Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971‚ its population has grown from about 70 million people to 150 million or more in 2009. Over the same time period‚ the population of the European Community has expanded as new countries have joined. From six EC Member States in 1971 with a combined population of some 210 million‚ the European Union (EU) as it is now called has 27 Member States with some 500 million people. The European Community (EC) established
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