Bengalis (peuple)Les Bengalis (Bengali: বাঙালি Bangali) sont le principal groupe ethnique de la région du Bengale, partagée entre le Bangladesh et l'Inde. La plupart d'entre eux parlent le bengali. Ils sont majoritaires au Bangladesh et dans les États du Bengale-Occidental et de Tripura d'Inde. Ils représentent quelque 150 millions d'individus au Bangladesh, 70 millions en Inde, 3 millions au Pakistan et forment d'importantes minorités en Arabie saoudite et aux Émirats arabes unis.
SundarbansLes Sundarbans (« sundri » : plante présente dans la mangrove et « bans » : forêt) est une région faite d'innombrables bras et canaux du delta du Gange qui, par le Hooghly et d'autres, descendent vers le golfe du Bengale. Il s'y trouve la plus grande forêt de mangrove du monde. La région, caractéristique du Bengale, se trouve à cheval entre l'Inde et le Bangladesh. Elle a été classée patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO dans les deux pays. Le site est également reconnu en tant que site Ramsar depuis le et réserve de biosphère depuis 2001.
RâjshâhîLa ville de Râjshâhî (en রাজশাহী) est le chef-lieu de la province de Râjshâhî, une des huit divisions administratives du Bangladesh. Elle est située sur les rives de la rivière Padma. Elle comptait au recensement de 2001 pour une superficie de . Râjshâhî est appelée la Cité de la soie. La cathédrale catholique du Bon-Pasteur est le siège du diocèse de Rajshahi. Article de Râjshâhî dans l'encyclopédie Banglapedia E-Rajshahi, Portail E-gouvernement par la Société de la ville de Rajshahi (Rajshahi City Corpor
Sultanat du BengaleLe sultanat du Bengale (বাংলা সালতানাত ; translittération ISO 15919 : bānlā sālatānāta) ou Bangalah, qui commence en 1352 et dure jusqu'à 1576, est une entité territoriale créée par Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah (ou Chamssoudine). Celui-ci y installe la dynastie Ilyâs Shâhî qui y règne de 1339 (avant la création du Sultanat) à 1415 puis de 1437 à 1487. Elle est interrompue entre 1415 et 1437 par la parenthèse de la dynastie hindoue Ganesha, des propriétaires terriens qui s'emparent du pouvoir porté par le mécontentement dû à la mise à l'écart des hindous par le pouvoir musulman.
Mukti BahiniThe Mukti Bahini, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. They were initially called the Mukti Fauj. On 7 March 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman issued a call to the people of East Pakistan to prepare themselves for an all-out struggle. Later that evening resistance demonstrations began, and the military began a full-scale retaliation with Operation Searchlight, which continued through May 1971.
Barisal (division)Barisal Division is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country, it has an area of , and a population of 9,100,102 at the 2011 Census. It is the least populous Division within the entirety of Bangladesh. It is bounded by Dhaka Division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong Division on the east and Khulna Division on the west. The administrative capital, Barisal city, lies in the Padma River delta on an offshoot of the Arial Khan River.
Khulna (district)The Khulna District (খুলনা জেলা , Khulna Jela also Khulna Zila) is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division, bordered on the north by the Jessore District and the Narail District, on the south by the Bay of Bengal, on the east by the Bagerhat District, and on the west by the Satkhira District. It was the very first sub-division of United Bengal Province established in 1842 under Jessore district.
Christianity in BangladeshChristians in Bangladesh account for 0.30% (roughly 700,000 believers) of the nation's population as of 2022 census. Together with Judaism and Buddhism (plus other minority religious groups such as Atheism, Sikhism, the Bahá’í Faith and others), they account for 1% of the population. Islam accounts for 91.04% of the country's religion, followed by Hinduism at 7.95% as per 2022 census. The introduction and development of Christianity in the Indian Subcontinent can be traced back to several different periods, with the help of several different countries and denominations.
Jessore (district)Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna District and Satkhira District to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah District and Magura District to the north. Jessore is the capital of the district. Jessore district was established in 1781. It consists of 8 municipalities, 8 upazilas, 92 unions, 1329 mouzas, 1477 villages and 120 mahallas.
Faridpur (district)Faridpur District (ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to its northeast. The district was named after Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, a 13th-century Sufi saint. A separate district was created by severing Dhaka district in 1786 and was called Dacca Jelalpur. A municipality was established in 1869. Historically, the town was known as Fatehabad. It was also called Haveli Mahal Fatehabad.
