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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).
The Ministry of National Co-existence Dialogue and Official Languages (formerly the Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration) (Sinhala: ජාතික සහජීවනය, සංවාද හා රාජ්ය භාෂා අමාත්යාංශය Jāthika Sahajeewanaya, Sangwāda hā Rājya Bhāsha Amathyanshaya; Tamil: தேசிய சகவாழ்வு ...
The official language is Bengali. Islam is the official and largest religion and Bengali Muslims form the largest ethnoreligious group in the country. Bangladesh is part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of British India in 1947 as the eastern exclave of the Dominion of Pakistan.
The Tamil language is spoken by native Sri Lankan Tamils and is also spoken by Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka and by most Sri Lankan Moors. Tamil speakers number around 4.8 million (29% of the population), making it the second largest language in Sri Lanka. There are more than 40,000 speakers of the Sri Lankan Malay language.
Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka. 08:30. Follow live coverage of Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka from the Sri Lanka in Bangladesh 2024 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year ...
Bangladesh's largest international airport, the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, has signage in Arabic. Since the conquest of Bengal by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1203 CE, Arabic (عربي) enjoyed the status of being an official language up until the British Raj period. However, its presence dates back to the 8th century CE ...