My presentation about Bangladesh in International festival for high school students

1. Bangladesh at a glance
By
Dewan Ibtesham

2. Where are we?

3. Where are we?

4. Where are we?

5. How big we actually are?
● Total area of Bangladesh - 56,977 square mile
● Total area of New Mexico - ?

6. How big we actually are?
● Total area of Bangladesh - 56,977 square mile
● Total area of New Mexico - 121,589 square mile
● New Mexico is about 2.5 times larger than
Bangladesh

7. How many we are?
● Population of New Mexico – 2,059,179
● Population of Bangladesh - ?

8. How many we are?
● Population of New Mexico – 2,059,179
● Population of Bangladesh - 164.4 million
● Bangladsh has 80% more people than New Mexico
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It's the 8 largest country in the world in terms of
population

9. How many people per square mile?
● In New Mexico 16.2 people are living per square
mile.

10. How many people per square mile?
● In New Mexico 16.2 people are living per square
mile.
● In US 87.4 people are living in a square mile.
● And in Bangladesh

11. How many people per square mile?
● In New Mexico 16.2 people are living per square
mile.
● In US 87.4 people are living in a square mile.
● And in Bangladesh 2917 people living in a square
mile.

12. National Symbols of Bangladesh

13. Map of Bangladesh
● 7 Divisions
● 64 Districts
● Dhaka is the Capital

14. Flag of Bangladesh

15. National Emblem

16. National Emblem

17. National Emblem
● In the center there is a
water lily
● Bordered on two sides
by rice sheaves.
● Above the water lilly
are four stars and a
three connected jute
leaves.

18. National Emblem
● The water lily is our
national flower. It
represents the many
rivers that run through
Bangladesh.
● Rice represents its
presence as the staple
food of Bangladesh, and
for the agriculture of
that nation.

19. National Emblem
● The four stars represent
the four founding
principles from the first
constitution of
Bangladesh in 1972:
● Nationalism,
● Secularism,
● Socialism, and
● Democracy.

20. National Anthem
● Amar Shonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal)
● Judged as the 4th most beautiful national anthem
during olympic 2008
● Written and composed by the Bengali poet
Rabindranath Tagore, first non-European to be
awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

21. National Animal : Royal Bengal Tiger

22. National Bird : Oriental Magpie Robin

23. National Fish : Hilsha

24. National Flower : White Water Lily

25. National Fruit : Jackfruit

26. History

27. Key facts
● Four thousands years of amazing history and
culture.
● Dravidian-speaking tribe settled in the area around
the year 1000 BC
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● European traders arrived late 15 century.
● British colonial empire from 1757-1947
● Part of Pakistan till 1971 as East Pakistan.
● Bangladesh was formed 26th March, 1971 by
declaration of independence.

28. Key facts from war of Independece
●
Planned military operation by Pakistan Army on 25th March
killing at least 200,000 people in a single night.
●
Declaration of Independece 26th March.
● War lasted 9 months.
●
14th December Killing of Intellectuals.
● Victory day 16th December.
● War casualty- 30,00,000 people were killed and 250,000
women were raped in 9months.
●
One of the biggest genocide in history.

29. Beautiful Bangladesh

30. The Sundarbans
● Largest mangrove forest
in the world.
● Only natural habitat of
Royal Bengal Tiger.
● Spread across
Bangladesh and India

31. The Sundarbans
Photos are taken by Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman

32. Cox's Bazar
● Longest Sea Beach in
the world
● About 80miles long.

33. Saint Martin's Island
● Only Coral Island in Bangladesh

34. Rivers of Bangladesh
● About 800 rivers
● 16,000 miles of
waterways.
● US Interstates have
48000 miles in total.

35. Paharpur
● One of the oldest and
largest Buddhist
Monstary in the region.
● Built between 781-821
AD
● Had 177 rooms.

36. Paharpur

37. Paharpur

38. National Assembly Building

39. Shohid Minar

40. Culture

41. Colorful & Festive

42. Bengali New Year

43. Dress

44. Colorful weddings

45. Natural Disasters

46. Natural Disasters
● Tropical Cyclones
– Catrina was category 3 cyclone
– Every year Bangladesh has about 2-3 cyclones of
category 4/5
● Floods
– Each year about 18% of the country gets flooded.

47. Something else...

48. Traffic Jam

49. Rickshaw

50. Hospitality

51. Thanks to
● Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman for his
photos of the Sundarbans
● Wikipedia for most of the information
and photos of this presentation

52. Visit www.bsaunm.org for more

53. Thank you