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Bangladesh
Main Page
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Country name:
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conventional
long form: People's
Republic of Bangladesh
conventional
short form: Bangladesh
local long
form: Gana
Prajatantri Bangladesh
local short
form:
former: East
Bengal, East Pakistan
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Government
type:
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parliamentary
democracy
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Capital:
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name: Dhaka
geographic
coordinates: 23
43 N, 90 24 E
time
difference: UTC+6
(11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard
Time)
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Administrative
divisions:
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7 divisions;
Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi,
Rangpur, Sylhet
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Independence:
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16 December
1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is
the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16
December 1971 is known as Victory Day and
commemorates the official creation of the state of
Bangladesh
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National
holiday:
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Independence
Day, 26 March (1971); note - 26 March 1971 is the
date of independence from West Pakistan, 16
December 1971 is Victory Day and commemorates the
official creation of the state of Bangladesh
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Constitution:
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4 November
1972; effective 16 December 1972; suspended
following coup of 24 March 1982; restored 10
November 1986; amended many times
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Legal system:
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based on
English common law; has not accepted compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction
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Suffrage:
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18 years of
age; universal
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Executive
branch:
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chief of state:
President
Zillur RAHMAN (since 12 February 2009)
head of
government: Prime
Minister Sheikh HASINA Wajed (since 6 January
2009)
cabinet: Cabinet
selected by the prime minister and appointed by
the president
(For
more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president
elected by National Parliament for a five-year
term (eligible for a second term); last election
held on 11 February 2009 (next to be held in 2014)
election
results: Zillur
RAHMAN declared president-elect by the Election
Commission on 11 February 2009 (sworn in on 12
February); he ran unopposed as president; percent
of National Parliament vote - NA
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Legislative
branch:
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unicameral
National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats
elected by popular vote from single territorial
constituencies; members serve five-year terms
elections: last
held on 29 December 2008 (next to be held in 2013)
election
results: percent
of vote by party - AL 49%, BNP 33.2%, JP 7%, JIB
4.6%, other 6.2%; seats by party - AL 230, BNP 30,
JP 27, JIB 2, other 11
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Judicial
branch:
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Supreme Court
(the chief justices and other judges are appointed
by the president)
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Political
parties and leaders:
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Awami League or
AL [Sheikh HASINA]; Bangladesh Communist Party or
BCP [Manjurul A. KHAN]; Bangladesh Nationalist
Party or BNP [Khaleda ZIA]; Bikalpa Dhara
Bangladesh or BDB [Badrudozza CHOWDHURY]; Islami
Oikya Jote or IOJ [multiple leaders];
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh or JIB [Matiur Rahman
NIZAMI]; Jatiya Party or JP (Ershad faction) [Hussain
Mohammad ERSHAD]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP
[Oli AHMED]
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Political
pressure groups and leaders:
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Advocacy to End
Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA (Ministry
of Women's and Children's Affairs)
other: environmentalists;
Islamist groups; religious leaders; teachers;
union leaders
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International
organization participation:
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ADB, ARF,
BIMSTEC, C, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, FAO, G-77,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURSO,
MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, SAARC, SACEP, UN, UNAMID,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNMIS,
UNMIT, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic
representation in the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador
Akramul QADER
chancery: 3510
International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1]
(202) 244-0183
FAX: [1]
(202) 244-7830/2771
consulate(s)
general: Los
Angeles, New York
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Diplomatic
representation from the US:
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chief of
mission: Ambassador
James F. MORIARTY
embassy: Madani
Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212
mailing
address: G.
P. O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000
telephone: [880]
(2) 885-5500
FAX: [880]
(2) 882-3744
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Flag
description:
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green field
with a large red disk shifted slightly to the
hoist side of center; the red disk represents the
rising sun and the sacrifice to achieve
independence; the green field symbolizes the lush
vegetation of Bangladesh
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National
anthem:
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name: "Amar
Shonar Bangla" (My Golden Bengal)
lyrics/music: Rabindranath
TAGORE
note: adopted
1971; Rabindranath TAGORE, a Nobel laureate, also
wrote India's national anthem
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