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National Flower-LOTUS National Tree-MANGO TREE Currency Coin Stamp Official language: BENGALI Capital: DHAKA In recent weeks, Bangladesh has continued its steady slide away from democratic Government: DEMOCRETIC governance and toward increasing military rule. The current crisis began to unfold in GOVERNMENT late January 2007, when the head of the caretaker government, , Population:159.6MILLION suddenly declared a state of emergency, postponed the scheduled January 22 elections and then resigned. Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former World Bank official, replaced Iajuddin Ahmed as the head of the interim government and reconstituted the 10-person governing body. Insert picture

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Sheikh Hasina Wazed is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in office since January 2009. She previously served as Prime Minister from 1996 to 2001, and has led the Bangladesh since 1981. Environmental Sustainability

THE ENVIORNMENT IN BANGLDESH IS TROPICAL AND THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WATER STRESS.

Learning from the past and present for the future War of Liberation, The began on 26 March 1971 and ended with the liberation of Bangladesh on 16 December 1971. The armed struggle was the culmination of a series of events, situations and issues contributing to the progressively deteriorating relations between East and West . The questions of land reforms, state language, inter- wing economic and administrative disparities, provincial autonomy, the defense of East Pakistan and many other consequential questions had been straining the relations between the two wings of Pakistan ever since independence of the country from Britain in 1947. The general elections of 1970 had made , the leader of the awami league which bagged 167 seats out of 169 allotted for East Pakistan, the sole spokesman of the people of East Pakistan and majority leader in the Pakistan National Assembly.