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  1. 2 days ago · The economy of Bangladesh is a major developing market economy. [42] As the second-largest economy in South Asia, [43] [44] Bangladesh 's economy is the 35th largest in the world in nominal terms, and 25th largest by purchasing power parity. Bangladesh is seen by various financial institutions as one of the Next Eleven.

    • 165,158,616 (2022 census)
  2. 4 days ago · The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the Mukti Bahini during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals—the United States and the People's Republic of China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the U.S. or China developed, the USSR would ...

    • 26 March – 16 December 1971, (8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
    • Indian–Bangladeshi victory, Surrender of Pakistani forces
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  4. 5 days ago · History and Building. The Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh and the first Parliament held their sittings in the building that now houses the Prime Minister's Office and which is often referred as the old Shangshad Bhaban (old Parliament House). The second Parliament also held most of its sittings in that building, the last sitting being on 10 ...

  5. 2 days ago · Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina Wazed ( Bengali: শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again since January 2009. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first ...

  6. 3 days ago · William P. Evans was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1919. He entered Holy Cross Seminary in 1936 and was ordained a priest in 1945. Father Evans arrived in then East Bengal (now Bangladesh ...

  7. 5 days ago · Relations between Bhutan and Bangladesh date back to the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent country in 1971. On 6th December 1971, Bhutan became the first country to recognize the independence of Bangladesh. The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Bhutan’s recognition of Bangladesh’s independence and the launching of the year ...

  8. 3 days ago · He joined East Bengal Regiment on 2 February 1971 and participated in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war he made a significant contribution in capturing the Dhalai Border Outpost at Srimangal. Though the independence fighters came very close to the Border Outpost, it became very difficult to capture owing to the enemy machine ...