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Bangladesh by Amit Biswas
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Who am I ?
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Masters of Business Administration
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Where is Bangladesh?
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“ ” 7,620 km (approx.)
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Bangladesh – Snapshot People's Republic of Bangladesh ( De Volksrepubliek Bangladesh) Capital City Dhaka Bangla English Mother Language 2 nd Language Taka (BDT) Currency
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Bangladesh – Snapshot
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Bangladesh - Snapshot Land (91%) River (9%) Total 133,910 sq. km 13,660 sq. km 147,570 sq. km
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Dhaka Capital of Bangladesh
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Interesting Facts “ ” Keokradong (1,230 m) highest point
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Interesting Facts “ ” World’s longest sea beach 125 km
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Home of Royal Bengal Tiger
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Cricket
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Half of the population are farmers
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Garments – export powerhouse $ 19 billion industry
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Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” World 11 th happiest country
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Bangladesh - Snapshot Summer Rainy Season Autumn Late Autumn Winter Spring
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Let’s compare Bangladesh & the Netherlands
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Population “ ” 164 million and growing times more than the Netherlands 10
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Total Area “ ” 147,570 sq. km and not growing times more than the Netherlands 3.5
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Literacy rate “ ” 61% literacy rate less than the Netherlands 3 8%
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Similarities between Bangladesh & the Netherlands
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Natural Hazards Floods... is one of them “ ”
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Unemployment rate 8% Bangladesh Netherlands
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Natural resources Natural gas Arable Land Timber Coal
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Geography
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Terrain 80% alluvial plain land “ ” hilly in southeast mostly flat alluvial plain
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hilly in southeast Rivers land of rivers Ganga Jamuna Bhramaputra
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hilly in southeast Reasons behind floods Monsoon Climate Spring snow melt Deforestation Soil Erosion Alluvial plain land Ganga being diverted for irrigation purpose Cyclones
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Dutch-Bangladesh collaboration Research on Flood Sustainable delta management Water management Disaster management Climate adaptation plan
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mostly flat alluvial plain Any Question ?
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THANK YOU !!
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