The name of our beloved country is Bangladesh . It is a small low-lying country in the south Asia . It stands on the Bay of Bengal . On 16 December, 1971, at the cost of a sea of blood our country became independent.
The total land area of our country is about 1, 47,570 square kilometers. Though not very large in are, she has a big population. At present, about 16 crore people live here. Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh . In our country, there are different communities of people. They have different religions. The religions of the people are Islam, the Hinduism, the Christianity and the Buddhism. The people of different tribes live in our country in religious harmony.
Our country is criss-crossed by so many rivers and canals. The Padma, the Meghna and the Jamuna, among others, are the main big river of our country. Most of these rivers have their origins in the Himalayas and fall into the Bay of Bengal . These rivers, big or small contribute a lot to the agriculture and economy of the country.
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people here. About eighty percent of the total population depends wholly or partially on agriculture. Jute, rice, tea, sugarcane, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, spices, wheat, potato, tobacco and cotton are the main crops of Bangladesh .
Ours is a land of natural beauty. It is a land of wonder and freshness.
There are six seasons in Bangladesh . Each season comes with its own colour and adds to the beauty of nature. The wide corn fields, green trees, murmuring streams, the large fields, the hills and mountains of Chittagong, the large sea-beach at Cox’s Bazaar, the many flowers with different colours, the birds with their sweet song-all these have made this land a beautiful place of natural beauty.
The beauty of nature marvels the eyes. Since Bangladesh is the darling child of nature, she has got some attractive tourist spots. They are Cox’s Bazaar sea-beach, Kuakata, the Sundarbans, the Shatgombuj Mosque, and the Buddhist Vihara and so on.