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Languages
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Official language:
Bengali (Bangla)
Other language:
English
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- The typical household in Bangladesh, particularly in the
villages, includes several generations of extended family.
- Most marriages are arranged by parents or other relatives,
but increasing numbers of educated men and women choose
their own partners. Custom and religion among Muslims require
that a dowry be offered by the husband to the wife, but
it is usually claimed only in the event of separation or
at the husband's death.
- Divorce is permissible among Muslims. Hindu marriage is
sacramental, but a Hindu can obtain a separation by application
to a court of law.
- Muslim law permits limited polygamy.
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- A typical Bangladeshi meal consists of beef (or sometimes
mutton, chicken, fish or egg) and vegetables cooked in a
hot spicy sauce with mustard-oil, yellow watery lentils
(dal) and plain rice.
- Fish is part of the staple diet
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- Over 80 percent of the "Indian" restaurants
in the U.K. serve Bangladeshi food.
- Contains the second largest (after Indonesia) Muslim population
in the world.
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