1. Bangladesh by Amit Biswas

2. Who am I ?

3. Masters of Business Administration

4. Where is Bangladesh?

5. “ ” 7,620 km (approx.)

6. Bangladesh – Snapshot People's Republic of Bangladesh ( De Volksrepubliek Bangladesh) Capital City Dhaka Bangla English Mother Language 2 nd Language Taka (BDT) Currency

7. Bangladesh – Snapshot

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9. Bangladesh - Snapshot Land (91%) River (9%) Total 133,910 sq. km 13,660 sq. km 147,570 sq. km

10. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Dhaka Capital of Bangladesh

11. Interesting Facts “ ” Keokradong (1,230 m) highest point

12. Interesting Facts “ ” World’s longest sea beach 125 km

13. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Home of Royal Bengal Tiger

14. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Cricket

15. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Half of the population are farmers

16. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” Garments – export powerhouse $ 19 billion industry

17. Bangladesh - Snapshot “ ” World 11 th happiest country

18. Bangladesh - Snapshot Summer Rainy Season Autumn Late Autumn Winter Spring

19. Let’s compare Bangladesh & the Netherlands

20. Population “ ” 164 million and growing times more than the Netherlands 10

21. Total Area “ ” 147,570 sq. km and not growing times more than the Netherlands 3.5

22. Literacy rate “ ” 61% literacy rate less than the Netherlands 3 8%

23. Similarities between Bangladesh & the Netherlands

24. Natural Hazards Floods... is one of them “ ”

25. Unemployment rate 8% Bangladesh Netherlands

26. Natural resources Natural gas Arable Land Timber Coal

27. Geography

28. Terrain 80% alluvial plain land “ ” hilly in southeast mostly flat alluvial plain

29. hilly in southeast Rivers land of rivers Ganga Jamuna Bhramaputra

30. hilly in southeast Reasons behind floods Monsoon Climate Spring snow melt Deforestation Soil Erosion Alluvial plain land Ganga being diverted for irrigation purpose Cyclones

31. Dutch-Bangladesh collaboration Research on Flood Sustainable delta management Water management Disaster management Climate adaptation plan

32. mostly flat alluvial plain Any Question ?

33. THANK YOU !!