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The national flag of Bangladesh was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. It consists of a red circle on top of a dark green banner. The red circle is offset slightly toward the hoist so that it appears centred when the flag is flying.
The green field stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. [1] The flag is based on a similar flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which had a yellow map of the country inside the red disc. In 1972 this map was deleted from the flag. One reason given was the difficulty of rendering the map correctly on both sides of ...
Flag of the Bangladesh Armed Forces: A three-colored flag with the joint-services emblem in the center 1972–present: Flag of the Bangladesh Army: The Army's badge on a green field 1972–present: Flag of the Bangladesh Air Force: A sky-blue ensign with the flag of Bangladesh in the canton, and the Air Force roundel in the fly 1972–present
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sinha Flag Lion Flag: Use: Civil and state flag, civil ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 22 May 1972: Design: A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the ...
National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols. ... First Flag of Bangladesh (1971) ... Sri Lanka: Blue and yellow Maroon, yellow, orange ...
On 6 June 1997, a new sub-regional grouping was formed in Bangkok under the name BIST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand Economic Cooperation). [12] [13] Following the inclusion of Myanmar on 22 December 1997 during a special Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok, the Group was renamed 'BIMST-EC' (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation).
Host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka start their three-match Twenty20 cricket series on Monday with the upcoming World Cup on everyone's mind. “We’ll get eight to 11 matches before the World Cup and ...
Sri Lanka: Jackfruit: Artocarpus heterophyllus [29] Sweden: Apple: Malus domestica [citation needed] Switzerland: Apple: Malus domestica [citation needed] Taiwan: Pineapple: Ananas comosus [citation needed] Thailand: Mangosteen: Garcinia mangostana [citation needed] Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen ...