Bangladesh: General


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ISO code

BD

Region

South Asia

Bangladesh is located in South Asia.

It is practically encircled by India. To the southeast it is bordered by Myanmar (Burma), and to the south by the Bay of Bengal.

(Last updated on 2017-01-16)

Local time

UTC (GMT) +06h00

BST - Bangladesh Standard Time

No Daylight Saving Time adjustments.

For local time information worldwide, see www.timeanddate.com or www.thetimenow.com.

(Last updated on 2021-07-07)

Telephone code

Country code for Bangladesh: +880 plus one-to four-digit area code and three-to seven-digit phone number for local subscriber.

Area codes for major cities: Dhaka (or Dacca, capital) 2, Chittagong 31, Khulna 41, Comilla 81, Mymensingh (Nasirabad) 91, Barisal 431, Rangpur 521, Rajshahi 721 and Sylhet 821

(Last updated on 2018-08-16)

Currency

BDT = Bangladeshi Taka [৳] (subdivided into 100 Poisha)

(Last updated on 2018-05-23)

Official languages

Bengali

(Last updated on 2018-05-04)

Measurement

Metric system is replacing Imperial Measurements.

Note: Some Bengali weights and measures are still in use:

(Last updated on 2020-11-13)

Population

168'600'750 (22 Nov. 2022)

(Last updated on 2022-11-22)

General information sources

Review summary of Bangladesh Economic Data.

(Last updated on 2022-06-09)

Wikipedia entry

Refer to this Wikipedia site highlighting Bangladesh.

(Last updated on 2022-06-14)

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