
The Red & Green, লাল সবুজ, Lal Shôbuz
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ / Gônoprojatontrī Bangladesh) is a country in South Asia. It shares borders with India and Myanmar. Its official language is Bengali. The capital and largest city is Dhaka.
The flag of Bangladesh was adopted in January 1972. The design consists of a red disc offset slightly toward the left hand hoist side, on top of a dark green banner.
National Anthem of Bangladesh: “Amar Sonar Bangla” (Bengali) “My Golden Bengal”
Capital City | Area (World Ranking) | 2023 Population (World Ranking) | Currency | Flag Ratio (Decimal) | Adopted |
Dhaka | 148,460 km² / 57,320 mi² (92nd) | 165,158,616 (8th) | Taka | 3:5 (1.667) | 1972 |
What Bangladesh is known as in various languages |
Bangladesh – বাংলাদেশ (Bengali), Bāṃglādeš – બાંગ્લાદેશ (Gujarati), Banggeulladesi/Panggŭlladesi – 방글라데시 (Korean), Bangkalathet – บังกลาเทศ (Thai), Bangklantés – Μπανγκλαντές (Greek), Bangladeche/Bangladexe (Portuguese alternates), Bangladais (Scots Gaelic), Bangladeš (Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene), Bangladeš – Бангладеш (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian), Bangladéš (Czech, Slovak), Banglades (Hungarian), Bangladeş (Turkish), Banǧlādēš – بنغلاديش (Arabic), Bangladeša (Latvian), Bangladešas (Lithuanian), Bangladesch (German), Bangladesh – Բանգլադեշ (Armenian), Bangladesh (Breton, Catalan, Estonian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Võro, Welsh, Romanian), Bangladesh – בנגלדש (Hebrew), Bānglādesh – बांग्लादेश (Hindi, Marathi), வங்காளதேசம், Banglādēsh – బంగ్లాదేశ్ (Telugu), Bānglādesh – بنگلہ دیش (Urdu), Bangladeshaya – බංග්ලාදේශය (Sinhala), Bangladeshi (Albanian), Bangladeshi – ბანგლადეში (Georgian, Mingrelian), Bangladesia (Latin), Bangladesj (Afrikaans, Faroese), Bangladeŝo (Esperanto), Bangladesz (Polish), begygu’e (Lojban), an Bhanglaidéis (Irish), Banguradeshu – バングラデシュ (Japanese), Banhladeš – Бангладэш (Belarusian), Banladish (Quechua), Bengalistan (Kurmanji/Northern Kurdish), il-Bangladesh (Maltese), Mèngjiālā – 孟加拉 (Mandarin Chinese), Pangilatiisi (Inuktitut), Vaṅgadeśam – वङ्गदेशम् (Sanskrit) |