Introduction to Bangladesh

AgriNet Bangladesh

Introduction to Bangladesh Agriculture

Bangladesh is one of the South Asian countries. It is located in the north eastern part of the South Asia between 20 degree 34" and 26 degree 38" north latitude and 88 degree 01" and 92 degree 41" east longtitude. You can see from the map of Bangladesh that the country is bordered by India in the north and west, by India and Myanmar in the east and by the Bay of Bengal in the South. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. To see the map of Dhaka City click here. You may be interested to see today's weather in Dhaka. Total population of the country in 1995 was about 128 million.

The Bangladesh economy largely depends on agriculture. About 40 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh comes from agriculture which employs 60 percent of the labor force and contributes about 60 percent of the total export earnings of the country.

A substantial amount of internet resources about the general features of Bangladesh are now available. You can use these resources free. World Bank has a page entitled Bangladesh . The Fourth World Documentation Project contains information on development aspects. The development information services online (DEVLINE) from the Institute of Development Studies and the British Library for Development Studies, Sussex, UK contains some information (studies) on Bangladesh. CIA has its own view about Bangladesh which can be seen in The World Fact Book Page on Bangladesh mantained by CIA. Library of congress has very informative Bangladesh--A Case Study . If you are interested about the flooding of Bangladesh then you can read The Flooding of Bangladesh maintained by the Earthbase. The Waikato University of New Zealand is conducting reasearch on The Green House Effect and Climate Change: The Implications for Bangladesh .

There are several news papers in the internet which provides daily news from Bangladesh. The Daily Star is the first daily newspaper in the internet from Bangladesh. Another daily newspaper from Bangladesh is The Independent. You can see also News From Bangladesh which provides daily internet news. Dhaka-Bangladesh Web's News can also meet your demand to provide the news about recent events. Bengali news papers and magazines like Daily Ittefaq and Jai Jai Din have their own web page. You can also read Some Poems in Bengali Script(!) or listen some Bangla music. available in the web.

To have a FREE online tour to Bangladesh agriculture, you must seeAgriNet Bangladesh . You can also read Introduction to Bangladesh and its Agriculture provided by ICPPGR of the FAO.

If you are intersted to know about the liberation war of Bangladesh then visit Bangladesh Liberation War Museum maintained by Shamim Chowdhury from USA. You must see Dhaka '71 to have an understanding of the cruelty of the Pak Army and their collaborators in 1971. Kathan's Homepage has also a collection of Holocaust'71 moving pictures and a comprehensive page on culture and tradition of Bangladesh.

Cyber Bangladesh is another nice informative website maintained by Ishtiaque Ahmed. Moreover, you can visit Bangladesh Online for many other things in Bangladesh.

Have a look at Bangladesh from agroclimatological point of view--provided by Earthrise:

Brahmaputra River Valley, CL (50580 bytes).
Mouth of Ganges, CL (59508 bytes).
Mouth of Ganges, CL (72830 bytes).
Pan-Mizo Hills, Ganges Delta (27442 bytes).
Pan-Mizo Hills, Ganges Delta (29170 bytes).
Pan-Mouth of the Ganges (32942 bytes).
Pan-Mouth of the Ganges (40089 bytes).
Brahmaputra River Plain (35153 bytes).
Brahmaputra River Plain (37165 bytes).
Brahmaputra River Plain (39835 bytes).
Ganges River Delta (37231 bytes).
Ganges River Delta (32148 bytes).
Megna River Mouth (38216 bytes).
Mouth of Ganges, Haze (27722 bytes).
Mouth of Ganges, Sediment (55052 bytes).
Mouth of Ganges, Sediment (53235 bytes).
Ganges River (65423 bytes).
Ganges River (65778 bytes).
Bay of Bengal, Sediment (49773 bytes).

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