Religion of the people of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. About 80 percent of Bangladeshis are Muslims. Most Bangladeshi Muslims are Sunnis, but there is a small Shia community. Hinduism constitutes about 12 percent of the population. Hindus in Bangladesh in the 1990s were almost evenly distributed in all regions, with concentrations in Khulna, Jessore, Dinajpur, Faridpur, and Barisal.

There are significant numbers of Buddhists and Christians in Bangladesh. In the Chittagong Hills, Buddhist tribes formed the majority of the population and their religion appeared to be a mixture of tribal cults and Buddhist doctrines. According to the 1981 census, there were approximately 600,000 Buddhists in Bangladesh, representing less than 1 percent of the population. In the 1990s, Christianity had about 600,000 adherents, mainly Roman Catholic, and their numbers were growing rapidly.
Bangladesh also has a very small number of tribal community that obey a different type of religious beliefs.

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Education

Education arena in Bangladesh is not so developed. Literacy rate is low and there is a significant disparity between female and male literacy rates. However, with on going awareness of both the government and NGO's, literacy rate has been going up. Bangladesh gets International Literacy Prize 1998 from UNESCO for its ongoing literacy rate. It is targeted that, the country will be illiteracy-free by the year 2005.  

The education system is divided into 4 levels-- Primary (from grades 1 to 5), Secondary (from grades 6 to 10), Higher Secondary (from  grades 11 to 12) and tertiary. Alongside national educating system, English medium education is also provided by some private  enterprises. They offer 'A' level and 'O' level courses. There is also Madrasa system which emphasizes on Arabic medium Islam-based education. This system is supervised by the lone Madrasa Board of the country.   

In 1998 there were about 52,000 primary schools 11000 secondary institutions. The five years of lower secondary education concludes with a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination. Students who pass this examination proceed to two years of Higher Secondary or intermediate training, which culminate in a Higher Secondary School (HSC) examination. Five education boards lead by the Ministry of Education deal with education up to HSC level. 

Under-graduate level is finished with HSC. Then begins graduation level which is dealt by universities. Universities also offer Master's and Doctorate degrees.

There are 11 government universities and approximately 20 private universities in Bangladesh. Specialized universities are Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh Agricultural University and Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujib Medical University. 

Private Universities 

American International University Bangladesh(AIUB)

House #83/B, Road # 4, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka - 1213, Phone:9890415,8815386,8811749,9885907,9894229 Bangladesh Fax:88-02-8813233 Email: info@aiub.edu URL: www.aiub.edu

 

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) House 3, Road 10, Baridhara, Dhaka 1212, Tel: 880-2-9884498, 880-2-9881681, 880-2-9881917, 880-2-600695 Fax: 880-2-883959, E-mail: info@iub-bd.edu website : http://www.iub-bd.edu IUBAT — International University of Business Agriculture and Technology 135, Road 9A(Old 19) Dhanmondi Residential Area, Dhaka 1209 GPO Box : 2857, Dhaka-1000 PO Box : 11051, Uttara Post Office, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh Telephones : 9124201, 816064, 9124226, 816074, 9129579 Fax : 810494, Cable : IUBAT E-mail : admissions@iubat.edu Website : http://www.iubat.edu Permanent Campus: 4 Embankment Drive Road, Sector-10, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka 1230 Agricultural Extension Campus : Naikanchari, Bandarban The Asian University of Bangladesh House 9, Road 5, Sector 7, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh Tel: (8802) 896116, 892366; Fax: (8802) 896521; E-mail: aub@bdonline.com AMA International University of Bangladesh House # 83, Road # 4 Kamal Ataturk Avenue Banani, Dhaka - 1212 Bangladesh or House # 94, Road # 4 Kamal Ataturk Avenue Banani, Dhaka - 1212 Bangladesh website: http://www.aiub.edu/ Email: info@aiub.edu Islamic university Chittagong (IUC) 154/A, College Road, Chittagong-4203, Tel: 031-610085, 638657, Fax: 031-610307, E-mail : iucbd@spnetctg.com. East West University 45-46,  Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka-1212, Tel : 9882308,8812335,8811381, Fex- (8802) 8812336, E-mall : admision@ewu.pradeshta.net
		North South University 12 Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhakd 1213. Phones. 9885611-20, 8812951-53. Fex- 880-2-8823030, E-mail : Infor@nsu.agni.com. Web: http://www.northsouth.edu

Government University

Featured Universities in Bangladesh

University of Dhaka

University of Chittagong

University of Rajshahi

Jahangirnagar University

Khulna University

National University

Bangladesh Open University

BAU

BSMRAU

BSMMU

BUET

SUST

IslamicUniversity

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