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The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bengali according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh. Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali as their first language.
Bangladesh's largest international airport, the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, has signage in Arabic.
A Persian manuscript of Bengal showing Alexander sharing his throne with Queen Nushabah. The scene is based on Nizami Ganjavi's Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander). The manuscript was published by Sultan Nusrat Shah who reigned between 1519 and 1538. (British Library)
Bangladesh
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Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 million people within an a
Languages of Bangladesh
…others (1.00%) The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bengali (also known as “Bangla”) according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh. Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali (including…
A woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century
A photo from space showing the pollution over Bangladesh
Flooding after the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, which killed around 140,000 people
A Bengal tiger, the national animal, in the Sundarbans