Bangladesh is the 5th biggest democracic country in the world     ...       Bangladesh has the largest natural sea beach in the world       ...       Bangladesh has the biggest mangrove forest in the world       ...       Bangladesh is the 4th biggest rice producer in the world       ...       Bangladesh has 3 River-systems and 250 rivers       ...       Bangladesh is the biggest producer of jute in the world       ...       Bangladesh is the home of Royal Bengal Tiger

Bangladesh, in full, People's Republic of Bangladesh, republic of southern Asia, in the northeastern portion of the Indian subcontinent, bordered on the west, north, and east by India, on the southeast by Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and on the south by the Bay of Bengal. The area of the country is 143,998 sq km (55,598 sq mi). The capital and largest city of Bangladesh is Dhaka.

Geographically, historically, and culturally, Bangladesh forms the larger and most populous part of Bengal , the remainder of which constitutes the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal . From 1947 to 1971 the region of Bangladesh was a province of Pakistan . As such, its official designation was changed from East Bengal to East Pakistan in 1947. On March 26, 1971, leaders of East Pakistan declared the region independent as Bangladesh and its independence was assured through a liberation war with a final victory on December 16, 1971, when Pakistani troops in the region surrendered to a joint force of Bangladeshi and Indian troops.

(Source: Bangladesh Statistics bureau)