With the eighth largest population in the world, Bangladesh is the tenth largest based on population density, and the ninety-second largest based on total area.
The total area of Bangladesh is 56, square miles. Approximately 53, square miles of Bangladesh are land area, while the remaining 3, square miles are comprised of water. Of the total area, Bangladesh is To the west, north, and east of Bangladesh lies India. The Bay of Bengal borders Bangladesh in the south. The northernmost point of Bangladesh is an inland port on the island called Banglabandha.
In the south, the most extreme point is on St. The easternmost point of Bangladesh is Akhainthong, while the westernmost point is Manakasha Union. The population of Bangladesh is ,, people. To calculate the population density, we can divide the population by the total area. The national language of Bhutan is Bhutanese Dzongkha , one of the 53 languages in the Tibetan language family. However, English is the medium of instruction in the schools. As listed by Ethnologue, 24 languages are currently spoken in Bhutan, where all but Nepali belong to Tibeto-Burman family.
Based on a global survey in , Bhutan was rated as the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world. India is the largest country of South Asia and the seventh-largest country in the world by area. Because of the vastness of the country and variety of culture within different states, there is no national language in India.
However, Hindi is the official language of the government and is spoken by the majority of people. English also has the status of official language in the country and is used extensively in higher education, business and education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages. In addition, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya were awarded the distinction of classical language. Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean-Arabian sea area.
It is the smallest Asian country in both population and area. The official and common language of the country is Dhivehi, which is an Indo-Aryan language. The script used to write Dhivehi has changed over time. The first known script as Eveyla akuru script, which is found in historical recording of kings. Then the script known as Dhives akuru was used for a long period. The script used at present is called Thaana, which is said to be introduced during the reign of Mohamed Thakurufaanu and is written from right to left.
Nepal is one of the three landlocked countries in South Asia. The country holds diverse linguistic heritage, stemming from four major language groups: Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, Mongolian and different indigenous language isolates. Nepali is the official national language and is spoken by almost half of the population Thus, the idea of a South Asian cooperation was developed.
Some hopes were set in the fact that Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar, could serve as a link between South and Southeast Asia. Relations are still not easy. The reason: After independence in , Myanmar, then Burma, drove out the hundreds of thousands of Indians that had been brought in by the co- lonial power. In the army took over and closed all borders.
Muslim Rohingyas were denied citizenship in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Myanmar and were evicted in several waves, i. Hundreds of thousands have been crammed in refugee camps in the south - eastern corner of Bangla- desh. The border remained open until the Indo-Pakistan War. As the upper riparian India controls the water of almost all rivers. Even more damaging is that India is using so much water for irrigation that less and less is arriving in Bangladesh when it is most needed for irrigation.
Cooperation with both neighbours has been consistently poor, mostly for political and strategic reasons: Any concessions are treated as sell-out of national interests. A gas pipeline from Myanmar to India could not materialize, despite the fact that it would have earned royalties. Plans to export natural gas from Bangladesh to India were also shot down. But in June Bangladesh and India agreed to exchange the many tiny enclaves on both sides of the border.
More transport agreements are under discussion.
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