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Bangladesh Government 1998 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb1998/bangladesh/bangladesh_government.html SOURCE: 1998 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code BG Government type republic National capital Dhaka Administrative divisions
4 divisions; Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi
Independence 16 December 1971 (from Pakistan) National holiday Independence Day, 26 March (1971) Constitution 4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972, suspended following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986, amended many times Legal system based on English common law Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad (330 seats; 300 elected
by popular vote from single territorial constituencies, 30 seats reserved
for women; members serve five-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court, the Chief Justices and other judges are appointed by the president Political parties and leaders Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda ZIAur Rahman; Awami League (AL), Sheikh HASINA Wajed; Jatiyo Party (JP), Hussain Mohammad ERSHAD; Jamaat-E-Islami (JI), Motiur Rahman NIZAMI; Bangladesh Communist Party (BCP), Saifuddin Ahmed MANIK International organization participation AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUA, NAM, OIC, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNOMIL, UNPREDEP, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
green with a large red disk slightly to the hoist side of center; the
red sun of freedom represents the blood shed to achieve independence; the
green field symbolizes the lush countryside, and secondarily, the traditional
color of Islam
NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Government 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Government 1998 should be addressed to the CIA. |