Bangladesh

Bangladesh fought a war against Pakistan in 1971.

Bangladesh became independent in 1971.

Bangladesh is an Asian country.

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More than a 1000 workers died when a textile factory collapsed in Bangladesh.

Many of our clothes are made in Bangladesh because it's the cheapest place to manufacture them­.

The national anthems of both India and Bangladesh were written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the eight members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Ahead of the International Women's Day, the International Rescue Committee has released a report on the five most dangerous places in the world to be an adolescent girl. Taking into consideration data on child marriage, adolescent birth rates, literacy, rates of violence and child labor, the IRC named Niger, Yemen, Bangladesh, South Sudan and the Central African Republic as the most dangerous for young girls.

On its website, the U.N. has collected stories of women who have made a difference in their communities. Stories such as that of Nur Nahar, a refugee from Myanmar who has taken it upon herself to mentor other women fleeing to refugee camps in Bangladesh, and Colombian Mila Rodriguez, who founded an all-women group to promote peace and Afro-Colombian music.