Knowing Bangladesh Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ichamati River

Ichamati River is a trans-boundary river. It flows through India and Bangladesh. This river's length is 55km. The source of this river is Bhairab River.

Answer: Six rivers

Dhaka City, established by the Mughals on the banks of the Buriganga, is surrounded by six rivers like a garland. There are Balu and Sitalakhya on the eastern side, Turag and Buriganga on the western side, Tongi Khal to the north and Dhaleshwari to the south.

Answer: about 1,000,000 sq mi

It is a part of northeastern Indian Ocean. Bay of Bengal is bordered on the north by Bangladesh and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its area is 1,000,000 sq mi or 2.172 million kmē.

Answer: Chittagong

Chittagong is a city in southeast Bangladesh near the Karnaphuli River. On April 6, 2010 the Bangladesh government earmarked Chittagong as a "Healthy City". The total area of this city is 5,283 kmē. It is well known for its rich biodiversity; over 2000 of Bangladesh's 6000 flowering plants grow in the region.

Answer: Dhaka

Dhaka City is the capital of Bangladesh. The history of Dhaka begins from the 7th century. The old name of Dhaka was Jahangir Nagar, the capital of Mughal Bengal and it was founded in 1608. It was the capital of many rulers of that time. Dhaka City is located just north of the Buriganga River.

Answer: 7 March, 1973

After the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1972, the first election was held officially on 7 March, 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League.

Answer: Oriental Magpie-robin

These birds are well known for their songs. Once they were popular as cagebirds. These birds have a beautiful black and white color combination. The scientific name of this bird is Copsychus saularis. These birds are intelligent ,charming and beautiful. Magpie-robins are old world flycatchers.

Answer: Jute

Jute is well known as Golden Fiber because of its golden brown color. It is also very important for the economy of Bangladesh. Jute is second only to cotton. Jute is used chiefly to make cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, and to make sacks and coarse cloth.

There are two kinds of jute, white jute and brown jute. Brown jute is stronger, softer, and silkier. The cultivation of jute depends on climate, season, and soil.

Answer: 9 months

The liberation war went for nine long months. This war was for the mother language of the Bengali people, and for the freedom of East Pakistan's (today's Bangladesh) people. They were brutally dominated by West Pakistan.

The Bengali leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the national father of Bangladesh. The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971. Three million Bengalis were killed during this war.

Answer: Claims to be the largest village in the world

This village is an Upazila of Habiganj district in the division of Sylhet in Bangladesh and it is also the biggest village in Asia. The total area of this village is 482.2 kmē.It has 39816 households.