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Administrative divisions
6 divisions; Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet |
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Capital city > Geographic coordinates
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23 43 N, 90 24 E |
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Constitution
4 November 1972, effective 16 December 1972; suspended following coup of 24 March 1982, restored 10 November 1986; amended many times |
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Corruption
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1.7 |
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[159th of 160]
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Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
G. P. O. Box 323, Dhaka 1000 |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Iajuddin AHMED (since 6 September 2002) |
Flag description
green field with a large red disk shifted slightly to the hoist side of center; the red disk represents the rising sun and the sacrifice to achieve independence; the green field symbolizes the lush vegetation of Bangladesh |
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Government type
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parliamentary democracy |
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Independence
16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh |
Judicial branch
Supreme Court (the chief justices and other judges are appointed by the president) |
Legal system
based on English common law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
unicameral National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad; 300 seats elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies; members serve five-year terms; note - parliament not in session during the extended caretaker regime |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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9% |
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[70th of 143]
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Political parties and leaders
Awami League or AL [Sheikh HASINA]; Bangladesh Communist Party or BCP [Manjurul A. KHAN]; Bangladesh Nationalist Party or BNP [Khaleda ZIA]; Islami Oikya Jote or IOJ [Mufti Fazlul Haq AMINI]; Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh or JIB [Matiur Rahman NIZAMI]; Jatiya Party or JP (Ershad faction) [Hussain Mohammad ERSHAD]; Jatiya Party (Manzur faction) [Naziur Rahman MANZUR]; Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Badrudozza CHOWDHURY and Oli AHMED] |
Political pressure groups and leaders
Advocacy to End Gender-based Violence through the MoWCA (Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs) |
Status
democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to start a business > days
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37 days
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[82nd of 171]
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Trademarks, residents
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3,629
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[31st of 98]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small section of river boundary, exchange territory for 51 small Bangladeshi exclaves in India and 111 small Indian exclaves in Bangladesh, allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, violence, and transit of terrorists through the porous border; Bangladesh protests India's fencing and walling off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; a joint Bangladesh-India boundary commission resurveyed and reconstructed 92 missing pillars in 2007; dispute with India over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; after 21 years, Bangladesh resumes talks with Burma on delimiting a maritime boundary |
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