Bangladesh

Basic Information:

Official Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Population: 152,518,015
Area: 144,000 km²
Capital City: Dhaka
Major Religion: Islam
Currency: Taka (BDT)
Exchange Rate: N/A
Time Zone: GMT +6
Current time: 10:03am
Phone Country Dialing Code: 880
Region: Asia
Language: Bengali

Climate ():

Practical Travel Information:

Official Tourism Website: www.parjatan.org
Electricity: 220V

Travel Cost: $$ ($ = cheap, $$$$$ = expensive)
Main Attractions:

• Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat - It is located at the meeting point of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. It contains mosques and early Islamic monuments built during the Bengal Sultanate in the 15th-century.

Health Advisory:

• Japanese encephalitis

• Malaria

• Polio

• Rabies

• Tetanus

• Typhoid

• Yellow Fever (Vaccination certificate may be required if coming from infected area)