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The bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Nepal have been progressive since the foundation of Bangladesh in 1971. The two nations are separated by the "Siliguri Corridor" - a 22 kilometres (14 mi) wide stretch of territory of the Indian state of West Bengal that lies between southern Nepal and northern Bangladesh.
Indo-Bangladesh relations have been difficult since the fall of the Mujib government in August 1975 [205] over issues such as the Tin Bigha corridor and access to Nepal, the Farakka Barrage and water sharing, border conflicts near Tripura and the construction of a fence along most of the border which India explains as security provision against ...
Greater Nepal map with ceded territory. Nepal was originally the name of the Kathmadu valley, and, in this sense, the term had been in existence for 2000 years. [7] [8] In the 18th century, the king of the Gorkha Kingdom, Prithvi Narayan Shah, started a process of expansion, conquering Kathmandu in 1768 and making it his new capital. [9]
Regional government. Ethiopia is a federal state and divided into 12 regional states based on ethnicity. These regional states have a significant degree of autonomy and have their own regional governments. They are responsible for policy areas such as education and health, tailored to the specific needs of their populations.
Many Nepalis fled their home country around the 1950s. To escape the demands of the state and enhance their standard of living, they settled in various parts of North India, as well as the neighboring countries of Burma, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Most of the Nepalis in Bangladesh are farmers, living in small villages situated near rivers or springs.
DHAKA (Reuters) -Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government after weeks of student protests forced Prime Minister ...
Topographic Map of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Mapping Agency (EMA) is an Ethiopian government agency, a department within the Ministry of Finance and Cooperation, [1] that is responsible for cartographic mapping and remote sensing activities in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is a federation subdivided into ethno-linguistically based regional states (Amharic: plural: ክልሎች kililoch; singular: ክልል kilil; Oromo: singular: Naannoo; plural: Naannolee) and chartered cities (Amharic: plural: አስተዳደር አካባቢዎች astedader akababiwoch; singular: አስተዳደር አካባቢ astedader akabibi).