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That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion back to India. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] An op-ed article in The Daily Star claims that this is the official figure. In contrast, the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more [ 7 ] and the article claims that most of them came on tourist visas and tended to stay back.
Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of the very poor. Most women's lives remained centred on their traditional roles, and they had limited access to markets, productive services, education, health care, and local government.
First-order enclave within the Panchagarh District of Bangladesh. Najirgonja (#25) and (#26) are shown joined as one in pre-1947 maps, but as separate in 1991 Indian census maps. [3] [38] Banskata (#95) 0.0492 0.0190: First-order enclave within the Lalmonirhat District of Bangladesh. Banskata (#89) 0.0484 0.0187
Frequent international air, bus and rail services connect major cities in Bangladesh and Indian Bengal, particularly the three largest cities- Dhaka, Kolkata and Chittagong. Undocumented immigration of Bangladeshi workers is a controversial issue championed by right-wing nationalist parties in India but finds little sympathy in West Bengal. [135]
Indian emigrants to Bangladesh (5 P) B. Bangladeshi Biharis (2 C, 3 P) Bangladeshi people of Bihari descent (1 C, 7 P) K. Bangladeshi people of Kashmiri descent (1 C) M.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a extensive hilly area in Bangladesh, lie in the southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Rakhine State of Myanmar on the south, Chin state of Myanmar and Indian state Mizoram on the east, Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District on the west.
Ethnic minorities of Bangladesh [1] or loosely termed minority people of Bangladesh are ethnic minorities in Chittagong Hill Tracts (southeastern), Sylhet Division (northeastern), Rajshahi Division (west), and Mymensingh Division (north-central) areas of the country.
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population exceeding 170 million within an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).