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shouldn't the [Demonym Bangladeshi] be changed to bengali? i actually think its incorrect and it makes me annoyed.. it should be bengali =D kk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bd pride (talk • contribs) 00:25, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I think Bangladeshi is correct. I agree with the logic told by Ragib & Nafis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Habib836 (talk • contribs) 07:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Parvez gsm (talk) 18:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC) How about we call ourselves as "Bangladeshian" instead of "Bangladeshi". "Bangladeshian" sounds more sophisticated then Bangladeshi. One french guy once called me as Bangladeshian ( he didnt know before how to call us). Once I told him its Bangladeshi, he replied, he thought of that word, but afraid i could be angry with hearing "Bangladeshi". Long version short.... why dont we call us "Bangladeshian". Honestly, it sounds much better.
Bangladeshi is right for bengals in Bangladesh,because there are more millions of bengals are in india(kolkatta) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xalan mustafa (talk • contribs) 12:57, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
I was thinking we should add a section concerning this topic, or at least incorporate in the "Geography and Climate" section. The main article "Geography of Bangladesh" doesn't really cover the issue of global warming and rising water levels, which seriously threaten Bangladesh as well as West Bengal. I am not well informed enough to start a section, what do you guys think? Have you seen an Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth"? According to some reported climate trends, if things stay as they are going 60 million people in Bangladesh and West Bengal are at risk of displacement or death.--Taajikhan (talk) 20:35, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
User:Moshino31 is interested in adding subheadings to the "Demographics" section (for showing religion, population, ethnic group, etc.). I am against putting subheadings in the "Demographics" section because of the following reasons:
This article is a Featured article promoted after a lot of scrutiny and discussion. As shown above, majority of other country articles are not cluttered by adding unnecessary subheadings. --Ragib (talk) 12:15, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Official website of Banglapedia is banglapedia.org, banglapedia.net, and banglapedia.info. I guess to reference Banglapedia or put the name "Banglapedia" directly (other than mirror site) it will be better to use official site addresses. Rehmanf (talk) 07:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
MMM —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.68.88.192 (talk) 22:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Bold text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.30.64.82 (talk) 11:15, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
I would like to know it, I´m american —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.221.187.80 (talk) 03:29, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
IT is not. But 99 percent of the Muslims in the country, like in any other Muslim culture, learn to read the Quran, which is in Arabic. Also, thousands and thousands of Madrasa (traditional Islamic schools) students learn the language, as oppose to just learning to read the Quran. The Bengali language has hundreds of Arabic words in it which are legitimate Bengali words now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.68.245.84 (talk) 07:54, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
To promote amateur radio in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) was formed as a society on May 20, 1979. From the very beginning, the founder Saifud Dahar Shahid - S21A maintained close liaison with various government and international bodies to fulfill it's goal.
Though amateur radio was not unknown here, the activities were banned during the war between India and Pakistan in 1965. At that time Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan, known as East Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the ban was still in effect and no amateur radio activity was permitted.
Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) initiated a steady and persistent approach to enlighten and inform all the concerned the usefulness of amateur radio, particularly in the Government. In 1982 Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) was elected as the 115th member society of the International Amateur Radio Union - IARU. In April 1983, Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) was also elected as the 18th member of the Region 3 Association.
In spite of all sincere efforts, there was no further development on amateur radio operation in Bangladesh. However, things began to change when a new democratically elected Government came to power in early 1991. At almost the same time the country suffered another natural calamity when over 125,000 people were washed away in a devastating cyclone and tidal wave. The normal telecommunication links were cut off for several days. Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) immediately approached the authorities for withdrawing the ban and let BARL members to set up emergency communication infrastructures. This time, under practical conditions, the proposal got due consideration and was accepted by the Ministry of Telecommunications. It was sent to other relevant ministries.
Nevertheless, this incident created a positive outlook towards the amateur radio in bureaucratic circles. This eventually resulted in the formal approval of the amateur radio service in Bangladesh. At last the Government approved Amateur Radio Service in our country on 29 th August, 1991. Thus, a patient 12 year effort by the founders of Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) succeeded in establishing amateur radio in Bangladesh in the year of 1992.
To promote this hobby. You can find amateurs from Bangladesh DX-Ing almost everyday on Amateur bands, most frequently on 14320 MHz (20 m) and 7060 MHz (40 m) in SSB mode. They participate a Banglanet in the morning. They use a repeater for local communication on 2M band. Website is [www.barl.org] you are always welcome to visit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zicobaby (talk • contribs) 20:53, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
There seems to be 2 version of this story. One on the page for Fakhruddin Ahmed links to an article from Time Magazine which suggests that he is doing a good job. However on the main article here it suggests that the anti corruption campaign is politically motivated. --Abdulha (talk) 14:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Abdulha
Every aim needs a motivation and its the first rule of democracy to be political if that matters. Every aim needs a stimulation, goes through some phase but ultimately reaches what its been asking for. All that happened here in dhaka and in all the cities and towns in this country last year were never-the-less atrocities by major political parties motivated by political greed and above all hatred towards each others. Unfortunately that also is a part of democracy as well. Nasty but its a limb and no matter how far anyone is willing to keep it away unless there is any sort of understanding, commitment and compromise it doesnt work, democracy exits but little will it work if there are no code to follow, code of honor and trust. Our parties here only have grown all these years to have learn a social change of hating each others founder's, negetive campaigning on them and seeing it as their glory and one way ticket to victory. all these has nothing to do with parties although it is most seemingly true. its the people in this republic. A country stands on its people not on some parties. Yes it may be arguable that parties are people, by the people for the people but so as our democracy which stands over people who has long been ignored from the very basic needs like education which leads to now a country with more then half uneducated. and when it comes to choice, these poor desperate people has to choose a landlord or someone famous enough in terms of power or who have already bribed them. Little it gives any room to choose a public servent as honestly as s/he appears to be. And for those who are educated! Well lets say its choice a between better then the worse even where there it seems someone worth enough to be a servant. I wont say anti corruption campaign is not politically motivated, but even if it is.. what harm has it done or is it doing it at all. Think it this way, why there lies a law to withhold any one for a crime that has been perpetrated? Why do we use words such as offensive,illegal. Look india for example, it legalized alcohol, why? To attract investors, yes but the key point is the people have accepted it as a social drink in the first place. Which was a poison as their law claimed to their society has on its course changed over the haul because it became epidemic to their society. our society is epidemic over many issues which cannot be rooted out with a snap of word. When corruption runs in every vain of a society, the society itself becomes liable to it and the last possible resort remains as to legalize it somehow. In many countries its legal to take a incentive percent. I dont say we need that kind of system but to remove that sort liability this government had to act fast with the little time they have got. Even if it is politically motivated awarding certain parties some slack or taking a tougher role over another party, its for a good cause and above all with legal grounds and democratic way with very reasonable and rationale ideals. Its not a military cue, the government to implement such amendments or passing any ordinance has to be backed by a force to make it effective. Electoral reforms are backed by the mass majority in parliament thereby vested with the ultimate power of using any force there within a republic. So basically both elected or non-elected all are powered by the armed forces as their back ups. Everyone should see military as a catalyst to this process. They have so far helped us through many difficult times, acted more or less as public servant. The last thing that we can do is to honor them as defenders from foreign and inland enemies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.35.166 (talk) 17:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC) by..banglar-romeo.hi5.com;facebook.com/nirovtos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.35.166 (talk) 17:10, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Replying to your statement, so you want Bangladesh to have its own version of Ataturk? Pleasing the west should not be the top of our agenda. It is the welfare of the nation and the preservation of our moral values that matters more and legalizing alcohol and opening nightclubs to attract investment is not exactly my idea of development. Bangladesh needs filtered modernisation, i.e modernisation that does not conflict with the ideals of our great leaders. InshaAllah Bangladesh will rise as a Muslim economic power which will promote the true form of development not only in the country but also as a beacon of inspiration beyond our borders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.35.76 (talk) 10:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Err..The last paragraph on Corruption is completely POV. Maybe someone heard a story from someone or something. Pls rephrase it. It just gives a very different idea than wht is actually going on.
The section on religion shows percentages which add up to 100.0%. This implies that no one is without a religious preference or practice, which seems unlikely. Does everyone identify with a religion?
I'll answer your first question - according to the data from the Government Bureau of Statistics [1], yes, the number of people without religious preferences is quite negligible. From my practical experience, there are very very few people with no religious preferences. In fact, I am yet to meet more than 10 people who are 100% atheists. :) --Ragib (talk) 02:06, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
I believe the correct name for the country of Burma is recognized by some countries as Myanmar, I have added quantification of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by El3mentary (talk • contribs) 12:53, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
The image seems to be reversed. Is this a mistake or was it done on purpose? I suggest that it should be corrected. At least we'll be able to read the name on the fishing boat without a mirror. :-)
Jonsecliff (talk) 19:23, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Does Bangladesh have a news agency? On the Pabna page there is a reference to someone who heads "BSS", but I can't find an article on it. Thanks. Itsmejudith (talk) 17:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Article doesnt reflect the current status of governance properly. It is quite anti care-taker gov. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.34.2 (talk) 20:21, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
About School: Karnaphuli Public School And College is a most popular educational institution in Bangladesh. It's situated at CHITTAGONG City. It's established on 01/01/2004. it has three ecademic building. it has 700 student's,35 teachers. Principal is a highly educated person. The Executive Director is also a highly educated person and his playing as a director is very nice. From the begening of the institution the Executive Director working hard to gain a highest position in whole Bangladesh for this institution. A man can admit his son from Pre Nursery to Eleven Class. It has also a Hostel Compound for the far reaching student. Contact number of the school:00880 1917 706333.
This infomation created by: Minhaz Uddin Ahamed, OSP SECRETARY, SPACE GULF COMPANY LTD. Riyadh, K.S.A. phone:00966 1 4930959,Mob: 00966 56 8315825, 00966 54 7210749
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.149.84.97 (talk) 08:07, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
Where is the Culture of Bangladesh section. In Bangladesh where culture is more than religion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.245.130 (talk) 06:17, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Hello
I am a little confused about the 'warning' at the top of this article that says not to be confused with East Pakistan. I feel that this needs some explanation, as clicking through to East Pakistan shows a map of a very simliar country in the same location with the same capital.
I read around out of curiosity and found that while the borders are different due to the way that the British Empire was broken up and the India / Pakistan war, this is pretty much the same country and the 'warning' is not entirely accurate.
I reference both Virtualbangladesh.com which has a great history section and the CIA world book.
Inglebygirl (talk) 19:47, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
The caretaker government were put on power by the army and foreigners. So there was not even the slight democracy in it,it was supposed to look after the policy of foreigners. The election of Dec 08 was not fair;BNP had done many bad things but they would still have won 35% majority. The fight against corruption was mainly an excuse to destroy the base of politicians, more charges were brought against normal politicians than the criminal ones. And then again,even the real cases were removed from the court against Awami League when it came to power in Jan 09. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.30.36.38 (talk) 06:20, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
I had entered a section on health, which was removed. What should be done now? Sarcelles (talk) 10:01, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
The article currently follows the format guidelines at WP:COUNTRIES. During the FA nomination process, it was a requirement for us to follow that guideline. This being the top level country article, it is not possible or recommended to cover every detail here ... this article is supposed to be a high-level summary of sub articles. I recommend that you add a sentence or two to the existing section on demographics, rather than starting a whole new section. Of course, like Elockid said, any sentence you add will need to be backed by citations from reliable sources. Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 20:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I am interested in the relationship of nations to the world at large. I would like to contribute with this particular file, should it ever be needed. Thanks.
Hate it when people ask me what you speak? i say them Bangla? they say what??? the next i say them is i am from Bangladesh, then they say Bengali,for this whole long conversation between me and him was letting him know whats my language,cant we internationally say it Bangla though we fought for our language movement and till now in worldwide it is celebrated as International Mother Language Day. where is the respect for the people who sacrificed there life for our language Bangla??? i request wikipedia to change our offiacial language into Bangla from Bengali and as whole worldwide it should be recognised as one and only word Bangla not Bengali. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xalan mustafa (talk • contribs) 13:18, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Bangali People are just plain old cool :D Its something that we cant deny ♥ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afrida1220 (talk • contribs) 05:30, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
I thought I'd talk this through on here before I change anything.
In the 'Independence' section of the infobox its states of independence from Pakistan. But shouldn't it also say something such as..
Independence
-From the United Kingdom..
-Partition of India..
-From Pakistan..
Please tell me what you think, thanks. Flosssock1 (talk) 21:30, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
Could someone say something about the origins of the word, like there is in the Vietnam article? I heard the last syllable "desh" is something we can also find in our word "paraDISE" and it means land. Is this true? Might be worthwhile to include. 84.129.160.120 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:26, 16 April 2009 (UTC).
Origin of the word 'Benga'
Like Indas or Lanka, Banga is Lithuanian word meaning 'a surf or a wave'. Indas is Lithuanian (Lithuanian and is old Sanskritian) word meaning 'a vessel or a dish', and Lanka in Lithuanian language means 'a meadow or a plain for catle' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.188.126 (talk) 18:27, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
hi you are the only website i trust can you please find out the climate i have a project —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.212.153 (talk) 16:49, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
cong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.100.109.28 (talk) 04:46, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
why this country is still divided? half in India and half as Bangladesh? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.188.126 (talk) 18:32, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
BST or BDT ? I use BDT for any kind of application.
Bauani (talk) 08:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Then Whey infobox in Bangladesh Having BDT in Local Time ? Bauani (talk) 11:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/ says it is BST. BDT is often use for Bangladesh Time. BDST was used shortly for the summer time in 2009 (UCT+7). BST makes it confusing with British Summer Time (UTC+1) which also uses acronym BST. The thing is I never found an authentic info about it. --nafSadh নাফী ম. সাধ 16:44, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
In the context of the creation of Bangladesh and the meaning of "desh" to everyday individuals over the last several centuries - Bangladesh means "the landscape of those who speak Bangla", and not "land of Bengal". Desh (landscape) and language (Bangla) are integrally linked to the culture of Bengalis.
But it should also be noted that the Ganges delta, of which the state "Bangladesh" is made - is home to many desh (landscapes) and many languages - therefore the question remains - is the structure of statehood able to support pluralism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maitlandwilson (talk • contribs) 15:55, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
The word 'Bangladesh' means 'Land of Bengal'. All land where Bengali is spoken is not included in the sovereignty of Bangladesh government. nevertheless, there is a minor number of people living in Bangladesh whose first languages is not Bengali.--nafSadh নাফী ম. সাধ 16:49, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
This point of view, "increasing danger of hydrologic shocks brought on by ecological vulnerability to climate change" is not neutral.
Saying that Bangladesh is concerned about climate change would be neutral. Stating as fact that the country is in danger because of climate change certainly is not. 67.98.187.69 (talk) 17:22, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
This article seems to face a lot of vandalizing edits by anonymous unregistered (IP) users. I suppose a Edit semi-protected status should be imposed on this article. Is there an admin to do it soon (and avoid many unworthy but vandalizing edits)? --nafSadh নাফী ম. সাধ 03:50, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I made the following change to the introduction:
From: Political and linguistic discrimination as well as economic neglect led to popular agitations against West Pakistan, which led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the establishment of Bangladesh.
To: Due to political exclusion, ethnic and linguistic discrimination, and economic neglect by the politically-dominant West Pakistan, popular agitation grew against West Pakistan and led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and the establishment of Bangladesh.
Please confirm for correctness and feel free to change with consensus.204.93.160.84 (talk) 08:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Ideally, there should be two sections, one for Foreign Relations and one for Military. Please consider including this in a to-do list for this article. There is considerable information in the Foreign relations of Bangladesh article, and military should rightly be a separate section from foreign policy. I prefer the title Foreign Relations, as it's more inclusive.
But with the section that is there now, there is no picture to represent the foreign relations of Bangladesh. I'm not reasonably knowledgeable on the subject. But I was thinking about putting in the place of the MiG picture, a picture of Farakka Barrage, with the caption "The Farakka Barrage. The Farakka Barrage in India is a major source of tension between Bangladesh and India, due to iniquitous water sharing" I had no success with finding a properly licensed picture on the internet. But maybe someone here can find a suitable picture, possibly from personal shoots or news media.
Please help with separating the Military and Foreign Policy section into a Foreign Relations and Military section.204.93.160.84 (talk) 08:17, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
In this Article on History section there is a picture named Paharpur_03.JPG and in its caption there is a blind link named Paharpur, replace it with Somapura Mahavihara. These are same. Thamk you. 202.72.235.204 (talk) 14:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
A discussion is currently underway here to decide whether the title of the article List of Indian inventions and discoveries is accurate, and if its name should be changed to List of South Asian inventions and discoveries. All users interested in Bangladesh and South Asia-related topics are welcome to participate and express their thoughts. Mar4d (talk) 11:40, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
As we suffer regular vandalizing edits from un-registered users, it is best to keep this page semi-protected for infinite period of time.--নাফী ম. সাধ nafSadhtalk 17:02, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
is it necessary to put a note in the top saying,
Not to be confused with West Pakistan.
Enough dispute and changes have been made on this issue, but I do not see enough discussion on talk page about this matter. We may put a link in see also section instead. --নাফী ম. সাধ nafSadhtalk 20:00, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
look at what it says about our language having a script "It is an Indo-Aryan language of Sanskrit origin with its own script." ... look at the flora and fauna part..more bird species than europe? hello! anyone?..cuisine ? .. Speechless.. A marvel I always look at to remind myself how erudite bangladeshies are...180.234.36.142 (talk) 15:51, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
I notice that, Bengali is often written as Bangla in many Wikipedia articles including this. I have introduced a talk in Wikipedia talk:Notice board for Bangladesh-related topics#Bengali or Bangla. Please, read and discuss as necessary. Dispute be resolved. --নাফী ম. সাধ nafSadhtalk 09:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
the History section includes a paragraph, added by Thisthat2011, saying After Mujib declared independence ... sought shelter in India. this part seems like direct copy-paste from the cited page and not written in a style best for Wikipedia. A copy-edit might be of help for this section. Some other parts of this article need editing. --নাফী ম. সাধ nafSadhtalk 18:53, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
"Yahyah’s brutal crackdown, including a virtual massacre of the intelligentsia in the universities of Bangladesh." What is a "virtual" massacre? It implies "not actually a massacre", which is presumably not the intended meaning. This needs to be clarified, preferably with statistics and a good source. (The current text is taken from a history article on a news website that seems rather sensationalist / POV - it claims for example that the crackdown "was so vicious as to put into shade even the war crimes of the Nazis" - a claim that has been toned down slightly for the wiki article). Wardog (talk) 10:32, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
Bangladesh HDI 2007 still show 146th, and (Economy) section show -A prepared field for sowing paddy plants- Jpg, I thing we have more batter pitcher then that, we can put some ship building JPG,
or some Garment factory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.58.216 (talk) 21:07, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Fahad 6/11> Hi Admin, I Want to add image of Garment Factory in this page. Pls confirm there will be no issue. Thx
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Reviewer: H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 23:16, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I have decided to review this article. It appears to be a drive-by nomination. I am not keen on drive-by noms but I would like to give the nominator a chance to discuss before I fail the article. I have notified the nominator of my concerns and will give up to a week for a reply. If no discussion is forth coming I will quick fail. H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius 23:16, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
Is it possible to include a map with 1) cities labeled and 2) international borders shown and 3) water shown? Jd2718 (talk) 03:40, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
We do not read what happened in the United states during the american civil war in the introduction paragraph of the wiki article "United States of America". do we? no! We do not read Engaland was involved in a bitter and controversial war against Argentina few decaded ago. Talking about 2 years of emergency law in Bangladesh, which is well past now, is compltely irrelevant and is ut of topic. This i discussed withint politics and history section and should only be discussed there. Besides, Bangladesh, like many other countries, had many phases in its history where democracy was denied and elections were postponed by military government and dictators took over the reign of the country. However, th most recent election postponement situation was the least severe one in history and anyone knowing the truth while living in Bangladesh would know it was direly needed to ensure a free and fair election in a country of 150 million people. There was severe political unrest which was hampering the lives of general public and the caretaking govt installed by the leaving party was corruptedand as a result Military had to intervene to install a caretaking govt of honest and hghly acclaimed civilians to look over a fair election. The voter cards were one of the main sectors of corruptions previously and the army had to reprint them, after collecting the information from the field again. The political system was filled with corruption and most politicians had to be rounded up for the corruption charges. All these things needed time and it was not a dictatorship rule like it was in past cases. So it is not worth mentioning i the most important and general section of the article regarding Bangladesh. It could easily be described in the proper sections, which are Politics and/or History.
The exact lines I am talking about are: The government is a parliamentary democracy; however, political rule was suspended under emergency law for two years from 11 January 2007 to 17 December 2008, written in the end of the Introductory system. It is a parliamentary democratic system and there isa democratic govt in place and the above mentioned fact is irrelevant to the information presented before or after it. So I am proposing to delete this.
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According to the linked list of countries by population, Bangladesh is number 9, not 8 as this article claims, having some 700,000 fewer inhabitants than Russia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.140.13.60 (talk) 20:46, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Having a dedicated Notable people section enlisting a few notable national in a country article is not a good idea, thus not advised in WP:WPC and not found in any featured or good country article (I am afraid I've not seen such entry in any other country whatsoever). Please note that, Bangladesh had formerly been a featured article but continuous non-improving edits have degraded its quality drastically. I am hence, removing this section until any good consensus strongly advises inclusion of such section. » nafSadh did say 04:12, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
There's been some discussion (and revert warring) in the article and a few users' talk pages over the "best" statistics for religious membership. The current reference (As of August 2012[update]) is an old Bangladeshi website, that appears to have been updated ~ 2005, and is at any rate, updated very infrequently. The religion breakdown looks like it was taken from the 2001 Census http://www.banbeis.gov.bd/bd_pro.htm User Talk:123.49.18.155 has tried to replace with data from the CIA Worldfactbook which MaterialScientist and others have reverted, as less reliable than the BD source. I think the PAGE being cited (at banbeis.gov.bd) may be unreliable or outdated, but am looking for a better source. I've found: http://www.bbs.gov.bd/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/SVRS/SVRS-10.pdf which has historical data (rounded) 2010 data (detailed). At any rate: these are the numbers I see (from various noted sources).
Can we get consensus?--Robert Keiden (talk) 19:02, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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3rd paragraph, 2nd sentence, "It is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth..." : Commonwealth should be Commonwealth of Nations. 108.206.152.174 (talk) 01:46, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
It is true that English is widely used in Bangladesh, however, Bangla is the only language that has the official status within the country. It is more apt to have English under the section Other languages in the infobox.--Zayeem (talk) 08:05, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
I've (once again) removed a large section of mixed IPA and Bangla material from the first sentence of the text portion of this page because I feel that it does not reflect well on Bangladesh if the English wikipedia page about the country is not easy to read. The introductory section is particularly important because many readers never go any further than that. It should be short, written in nicely polished English, and should give only the information that an uninformed person would most want to know. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 03:30, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
This article has been protected from editing for three days to try to generate talk page discussion of the disputed content. Please follow the WP:BRD guideline. You may also wish to consider dispute resolution (WP:DR). Mark Arsten (talk) 14:55, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this style of introductory section the best available model for a page about a country?
The article needs a section on the historical evolution of the word Bangla, from ancient Bang to modern Bangladesh. The medieval predecessor of Bangla is Bangalah and this is missing in the article. The chronicles of great travellers like Marco Polo and Zheng He speak of the land of Bangalah and that definitely deserves to be noted in the article. In fact the anglicized name Bengal probably emerged from the old Portuguese name Bengala.--Bazaan (talk) 13:39, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
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In the third paragraph of the 'Antiquity' sub-section, under the 'History' section of the wikipedia page of Bangladesh, 'Bakhtiar Khilji' is incorrectly identified as Turkish when in fact he was Turkic. I am referencing Bakhtiar Khilji's wikipedia page. Please make the correction. Thanks. 103.15.140.12 (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Dear user:MunnaHabibi, Bangladesh doesn't have any state religion at present. Its a secular country although the majority of the population are Muslims. Please watch Secularism in Bangladesh and also the declaration of the Supreme court. - Rahat | Message 06:34, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
Thanks...I see...Totally contradictory declaration by the court. A secular country with a state religion!!! - Rahat | Message 19:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
In the second paragraph in the section "Foreign relations and military", the sixth sentence reads as follows:
I had just made a few small edits to this sentence to improve clarity, but there is still something not quite right, and that is the juxtaposition of "hydropower" and "energy". Hydropower is one way of generating energy. Should this read, "to develop........mutual access to markets, energy, including hydropower, environmental protection, and cultural projects", or shall we leave out hydropower and just keep "energy", or leave out "energy" and just keep "hydropower"? – CorinneSD (talk) 16:20, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
Why is it instrumental to have the Seal of Govt in the infobox? It wasn't here before and if it is not common in other similar articles, isn't it obnoxious to put them here now? --» nafSadh did say 05:59, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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5th paragraph, 3rd sentence, "...and a member of the Commonwealth..." : Commonwealth should be Commonwealth of Nations. The former, while it may be a common shortening of the latter, links to the wrong article. I originally fixed this 30 April but someone has reverted it in the meantime. 108.206.152.174 (talk) 23:50, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Done - Rahat | Message 03:39, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
This edit appears to be vandalism (if the user's other contributions are anything to go by). I cannot revert because the page is semi-protected. 166.137.248.125 (talk) 08:35, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
Done - Vandalism reverted. - Rahat | Message 08:45, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
The Bengali name must be there in both the infobox and the intro per the convention, see Germany for example. --Zayeem (talk) 13:38, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
Human Rights Of Minority religions like Hindu, Christians, Sikh etc. should also be included as a part of wiki impartiality and neutral point. Kindly provide complete picture of Bangladesh without fear. There should be no hiding of the truth. Dr Prashanna Jain Gotani (talk) 11:42, 26 December 2013 (UTC) References ;
1). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Notifications
3). https://www.google.co.in/search?q=wiki+bangladesh&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari
4) http://interfaithstrength.blogspot.in/
6). http://www.hinduhumanrights.info/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
7) http://www.hafsite.org/resources/human_rights_report
8). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus
9). http://interfaithstrength.blogspot.in/
10). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_American_Foundation
11). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Bangladesh
Now I ask every genuine person to debate on this issue of truth!
This should not be a big issue, but the opposition to labelling Zia as a war hero is quite ill-informed and misplaced. Despite the fact that he was the country's first military dictator, Zia was also a decorated war figure, the proclaimer of the nation's independence and a leader of the Mukti Bahini. If you go through most history books on early Bangladesh, especially Anthony Mascarenhas's Legacy of Blood, it is clearly stated that, after the volatile period following the Mujib assassination, the rise of Zia as leader was welcomed by most Bangladeshis due to his role in the war. This is an important element in understanding the country's history and politics. Zia remains somewhat of a revered figure, with an image of a rather benevolent autocrat, and his party today stems whatever legitimacy it has from his role in the 1971 war.--Bazaan (talk) 20:07, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
In the third paragraph of the section "20th century" in the larger section "History", is the following sentence:
I just added links to WP articles for "Kader Bahini" and "Hemayet Bahini" (after correcting the spelling of the former). However, I noticed in the article Mukti Bahini, that "Mukti Bahini" is defined as the Bangladesh Armed Forces, paramilitary groups, and civilian groups, together. The sentence that I quoted above makes it seem as if the Bangladesh Forces were not included in the term "Mukti Bahini". (Also, it is not completely clear what the difference is between "The Bangladesh Forces" and "Bengali Regular forces", and why both need to be mentioned in this sentence.) Shouldn't the definition of Mukti Bahini be consistent between the two articles? Any ideas or suggestions?CorinneSD (talk) 19:01, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Bangladesh is one of the most buetiful countries in the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.16.23.176 (talk) 01:00, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
In English, words like these are not hyphenated, and this needs to be corrected in the article:
northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest, northeastern, southeastern, southwestern, and northwestern.
See these: Southeast Asia; Northwest Territories in Canada; the former Northwest Territory in the United States; Northwestern University; Northeastern University; Southeast Missouri State University; the Southwestern United States; the Southeastern United States; the Murray–Darling basin of southeastern Australia; southeastern New Zealand.98.67.163.247 (talk) 08:35, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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Has anyone noticed that the map of Bangladesh is quite useless? It may be useful to locate its general proximity in a broad brushstroke on a globe but as far as an actual map, it is as of now, quite useless. I will unfortunately because of the failure of Wikipedia have to use resources outside of Wikipedia to get a general idea of its whereabouts. Hopefully, someone can bring this article into the 20th Century (we'll worry about the 21st Century later) sometime soon... Isn't it a standard on Wikipedia to not only provide a contextual map but also a physical map for an article on a nation? Shouldn't it be a basic standard, if it is not already? Stevenmitchell (talk) 09:22, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Aren't things a bit out of chronological order toward the end of the second paragraph and in the third paragraph? Even ignoring the date of 1943, an example of famines, the date given for the beginning of British rule appears before the dates for the Maratha Empire in the third paragraph.
Also, what does the heading "Middle age" mean? I've never seen that in a history book. Perhaps "Middle period" would be better.CorinneSD (talk) 16:38, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
To Bazaan, regarding your recent edit: I only reverted your edit because you had deleted content with no explanation. Now, in the edit summary that accompanies your revert of my edit, I see your reasoning. I will leave it to others to judge the content, but I want to mention that I think the precise place you put the information on geography is not the best place. The sentence before it is about ethnic groups, and the information that follows it is about cultural matters. You now have a piece of information about geography interrupting a description of the culture of Bangladesh. You might look through the article (or section) to find a better place.CorinneSD (talk) 20:44, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
I just finished editing "British Age" to make it clearer and more concise, but the second paragraph still needs work. The second paragraph is:
This paragraph is not cohesive and lacks sufficient detail. The first sentence mentions culture but gives no details. The second and third sentences relate to the Indian Independence Movement but do not seem related to each other. I believe the third sentence needs to be a little more specific with regard to the time when Bengal was split into two states, and why this happened. If this is covered in detail elsewhere in the article, then I don't think this sentence needs to be here.
Overall, I think this section is rather short. Isn't there more that can be said regarding the "British Age"? CorinneSD (talk) 01:15, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
It seems to me that the proportion of the photographs in this article needs adjusting. Some photos are quite large relative to both the text and other photos in the article, while a number of photos, I think particularly the ones of architectural masterpieces and landscapes, are quite small and deserve to be a bit larger. Also, in the Education section, the photo of the university has the following caption:
This is ungrammatical. It needs to be either
I think the second one sounds better but that someone who knows more about Bangladesh than I do should choose which is better.CorinneSD (talk) 00:32, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
The caption for the Willis Tower photo in the section "Post independence" contains the following statement:
Besides the consideration that it is awfully long, there are three claims in this caption for which citations ought to be provided:
After seeing CorinneSD and McGeddon's posts above I checked thourhg the images on the article. They were in a bad shape. I tried to correct that. I have used free images only, and not those with a dispute over its free status. I also tried to keep the images as relevant as I could manage, though I intend to work some more in that regard. I also have used a lot of ((multiple image)) template, which may not be very friendly for print or pdf of the articles. Please, check and let me know. This also is a request to active members of WikiProject Bangladesh, though I understand that there's not a lot many of them available. Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:50, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
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"biggest exporting idustry" should be corrected to "biggest exporting industry" Dguzzo (talk) 17:42, 5 March 2014 (UTC)