Approximately 67 percent of Bangladesh's population live in rural areas. The World Bank reports that 48 percent of Bangladesh's total population rely on agriculture for their livelihoods and 70 percent of its land area is used for agricultural purposes.

Bangladesh ranks 142 out of 187 countries according to the United Nation's Human Development Index (2014). About 43 percent of its 56.6 million people live below the poverty line, on $1.25 a day, and 37 percent of its children under 5 are malnourished. Click here more details......

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