Introduction
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, commonly known as Bangladesh, is a Southern Asian country located in between India and Myanmar. A parliamentary republic that elects its parliament, known as the Jatiyo Sangshad, Bangladesh has a population of over 160 million, enough to make it the eighth most populated nation in the world. Due to the fact it is relatively small, at just under 57,000 square miles, the country is also effectively one of the most densely populated nations, which has played a central role in the modern economic and industrial development of the country.
Bangladesh is located in what is known as the Ganges Delta, one of the most fertile regions in the entire world, which is evident through the numerous early civilizations existing within the area. The three major rivers located within the nation are the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Mengha, and heavily contribute to the fertility of the region, but also leaves it heavily prone to flooding during heavy rain seasons, and severe drought during dry spells. It’s location, both near the equator and the sea, makes it vulnerable to the effects of a tropical climate, including monsoons and typhoons. Being a low-lying country, Bangladesh has only a few peaks and highlands spread throughout various reaches of the landscape. Overall, the country is known for being highly vulnerable to various weather-related calamities, stemming from the tropical monsoon climate and being such a low location related to sea level.
Being a unitary state, Bangladesh thus consolidates all of its government power within the central government. The parliament is elected every five years, which sits in a single, unicameral chamber. The President, technically the head...
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...a, particularly among vulnerable populations in Bangladesh and Maldives. “The 1995 flooding of Bhola Island, Bangladesh provides a striking example of a social and environmental catastrophe in what was arguably a climate refugee crisis as many of those who fled from the island returned to nothing” (Riva, 20). Riva claims that populations that are vulnerable to environmental hazards face the real threat of displacement under climate change.
The weather in this novel controls their crops and the river flow; which controls their food and water supply. They depend on adequate rainfall to help their crops to grow and for the river to be full. They also depend on the sun to warm things up and make the crops grow. However, if there is too much rain or too much sun it can cause many problems, such as a drought or a flood. These things are significant in this novel, because t...
The condition of this capability is not good in Bangladesh. Govt. not only could not ensure safety of life but also supports life harming activity. Extra-judicial killing is one such example. In 2009 alone, 125 people died in crossfire by law enforcing agencies.
Bangladesh is not at all like the United States. It’s a small country but very populated. To put into perspective, the population of Bangladesh is almost half of the population of the United States but the size of the whole country is almost half
Unitary and federal government systems operate on the principles of checks and balances and the separation of powers. Unitary systems control all local governments such as city, regional, provincial, and municipal. The president using unitary form of government “has the entire local governments, all military and police forces, all tax collection agencies, all fiscal agencies (banks), all health agencies, all prosecution agencies, all health and social welfare agencies, all natural resources agencies an labor while declaring war and national emergencies, use emergency and military powers during war, rebellion, revolution and terrorism” (Salvilla, 2006). The Central government using the judicial system has a large jurisdiction and power that is set by their parliament while having clear power of the judicial system. The unitary system does not allow provinces, towns, parishes, or counties any power because all the decisions are at a national level.
Climate change can lead to many other issues such as sea water rise in some areas and drought in many different areas. Accorded to the film, Bangladesh is the zero ground level to climate
In 1970, East Pakistan, about the size of Wisconsin, had a substantial population of 66 million, meaning that each square kilometer holds about 400 people (Disaster 174). It is located precisely where two large river systems, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, unite to form the biggest delta in the world, the Ganges River Delta. A delta is a triangular deposit of sediment at the mouth of a river, naturally where it diverges. The two rivers conduct silt from as far as the Himalayas to the floodplains of Bangladesh, which are about 1,200 miles apart. Being one of the world’s most fertile croplands, the floodplain is densely populated. Farmers are forced to move farther and farther out into the delta, triggering them to face the perilous monsoon season, which is from June to October. One third of East Pakistan is no more than twenty feet above sea level, maximizing the death toll of life-threatening storms (History 3). The a...
“Made in Bangladesh” is not merely a phrase that denotes the origin of high-quality clothing, but for the last few years, it has also become a symbol of identity and pride to the remote Southeast Asian country of Bangladesh and its 160 million people.
Shrestha, Nanda R. Nepal and Bangladesh: a World studies Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc, 2002
Thailand is a tropical country which is part of the Indochina peninsula. Thailand is bordered in the north by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), in the east by Lao PDR and Cambodia, in the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and in the west by the Andaman Sea and the Union of Myanmar (Thailand Population 2013). The total land area is about 512,000 km2. The current population as of 2013 within the Kingdom of Thailand is about 69.52 million people, which is an approximate 6.2% increase from the population taken in the 2010 census (Thailand Population 2013). Every year in this beautiful country flooding in Bangkok is a critical issue which impacts the people of Thailand.
Most of us have a mental picture or image of what a country is like.
This sort of ethno-linguistic based national identity is singular in South Asia. Bangladesh gained sovereignty because a religious connection to West Pakistan was not enough to constitute a union. However, India is characterized by separate states with individual cultural norms and languages or dialects. As such, Bangladesh could have easily been taken in by its Hindu counterpart in West Bengal. Bangladesh, however, cannot fit into either side. Bangladesh is unique in that its identity is specific; neither common religion or general pan-Indian identity sufficed as a claim to a national identity. The people themselves display strong nationalism and fervor for their homeland, which, to this magnitude, is unprecedented of South Asian countries.
The world is going through a turbulent environment in this era of intense globalization with awful amount of competition for businesses, and of fierce struggle for nations in gaining attention for trade, tourism, investment and other issues. Nation branding can extend a significant helping hand in this regard, especially for disadvantageous country like Bangladesh. Bangladesh, regrettably, faces a reputation challenge which is popularly known as its “image problem”. This challenge of the image problem is of two folds. One is some unfavorable realities which are to rectify over time while the other requires devising an effective communication strategy which will adequately transmit the primary strength of the country to the world at large.
The floods in Indonesia are a big annual problem for the poorest areas along rivers especially in East Java along the Bengawan Solo. The impact is not only on their houses, but their lands, their plantation fields, their animals and also the infrastructure within the villages. This means that every year they have to rebuild, renovate and replant all that has been destroyed due to the floods, leading to big financial losses. The villages near the Solo River are not protected for future floods, and few or very little changes have been done to adapt the villages to cope with future floods. Floods have been more frequent and voluminous during the last decade, most likely because of deforestation. This is one of the biggest reasons why the Bengawan Solo has floods yearly. The deforestation makes the erosion of the land in- crease and the impacts from the floods are then bigger. The resulting mudslides caused by deforestation are another impact causing a lot of problems. To avoid the erosion of the land and the mudslides, trees and other plants with long root systems can be planted along the river bank to decrease the floods, the natural reasons such as rain and the morphology of the river is one factor of the floods. People in the villages are used to the floods and don ́t see the floods as a problem, and they have adapted their lives, houses and crops to the yearly floods. But in my view the houses need to be better adapted to the floods, for example when the flood hits the house, the toilets also overflows, so the interior as well as the exterior has to be better adapted to avoid as many impacts as possible.
Telecommunication Technology refers to the technology we use for telecommunication purpose.As the world is advancing forward aided by newer science discoveries and the application in technological forms,no country can sit behind now.The communication among people around the world has become much easier.In fact the word telemeans‘Distance’.Technology may be defined as the application version of what science renders.Bangladesh is a third world country and often termed as a developing one.Sate of TelecommunicatioTechnology is an important element among the indices that defines the status of a country.