A desa ( a term that derives from a Sanskrit word meaning " country " that is found in a name such as " Bangladesh ") is administered according to traditions and customary law ( adat ), while a kelurahan is administered along more " modern " principles.

In India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal it is also known as galli cricket, which translates into street cricket ( the word gully is the English variant adopted by British colonizers during the British Raj ).

While the word Taka was commonly used in East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ), alternatively for rupee, the two paise coin was called a taka in West Pakistan.

Eve teasing is a euphemism used in India and sometimes Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal for public sexual harassment or molestation of women by men, with use of the word " Eve " being a reference to the biblical Eve, the first woman.

* The Bengali word কমর ে ড ( Komred ) is used by all leftist groups especially by the Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) and other Communist Parties in India ( especially in the States of West Bengal and Tripura ) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh ( BASOD ), Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal-JSD ( Bangladesh ) etc.

In British usage, the word " Asian " or " British Asian " when describing people usually refers to those from South Asia ( India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, etc.

Had the word Kuki or Chin or Lushai been changed to ZOMI at that time, the right word for calling the various tribes and clans of the Zo race inhabiting the areas joining Burma, East Pakistan ( Bangladesh ) and Assam ( India ) would have been answered a long time ago.

For example, the Muslims of Central Asia, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Bangladesh, and Pakistan use the word uraza / rozah / roza / roja which comes from Persian.

Hassan is often referred to in Bangladesh as Potua, a word usually associated with folk artists, due to his down to earth style.

The zebrafish is native to the streams of the southeastern Himalayan region, and is found in parts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Burma.

Particularly common law is in England where it originated in the Middle Ages, and in countries that trace their legal heritage to England as former colonies of the British Empire, including India, the United States, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Canada, Malaysia, Ghana, Australia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ireland, New Zealand, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Cyprus, Barbados,

The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

Yet in nations or regions where traditional folk music is a badge of cultural or national identity, the loss of traditional music can be slowed ; this is held to be true, for instance in the case of Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Ireland, Scotland, Latvia, Turkey, Portugal, Brittany, and Galicia, Greece and Crete all of which retain their traditional music to some degree, in some such areas the decline of traditional music and loss of traditions has been reversed.

On the east, its border with Bangladesh is largely defined by the Khasi Hills and Mizo Hills, and the watershed region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

The Teen Bigha Corridor is a strip of land formerly belonging to India on the West Bengal – Bangladesh border which has been leased indefinitely to Bangladesh so that it can access its Dehgram – Angalpota enclaves.

Akhand Bharat is another irridentist call for " undivided India " to include Pakistan and Bangladesh into India to form a Hindu Rashtra raised by mainstream Indian political organization Vishva Hindu Parishad ( VHP ), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ) and Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ).

South Asia too is another region in which armed irredentist movements have been active for almost a century, due to the Balkanization of North-East India, Burma and Bangladesh under British colonialism.

Japan is Bangladesh's 11th-largest export market ; imports from Bangladesh make up 26 % of all Japanese imports from the least developed countries, second only to those from Cambodia.

Japan is a significant source of development aid to Bangladesh.

* 1782 – Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh is established

The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.

It is the national game of Bangladesh where it is known as Haḍuḍu.

It is also popular sport of the Sub-Continent and in many parts of India and Bangladesh, Kabaddi is played with equal zeal and enthusiasm.

Kabaddi is a very popular game in Bangladesh, especially in the villages.

Often called the ' game of rural Bengal ', it is now the National Game of Bangladesh.

After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, thousands of Biharis and Bengalis from Bangladesh arrived in the city, and today Karachi is home to 1 to 2 million ethnic Bengalis from Bangladesh ( see Bangladeshis in Pakistan ), many of whom migrated in the 1980s and 1990s.

In Bangladesh, it is observed on 1 May and is a Government holiday.

Cloth filters or sari filtration, though very basic, have significantly reduced the occurrence of cholera when used in poor villages in Bangladesh that rely on untreated surface water.

Powdered mica glitter is used to decorate traditional water clay pots in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ; it is also used on traditional Pueblo pottery, though not restricted to use on water pots in this case.

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* Syed Modasser Ali ( Bangladesh ) An ophthalmic surgeon who used to be the Director-General of Health Services for the government of Bangladesh.

Chickpeas and Bengal grams are used to make curries and are one of the most popular vegetarian foods in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the UK.

In various Asian countries such as Indonesia, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines, Malaysia, and Taiwan, tapioca pearls are widely used and are known as sagudana, sabudana or shabudana ( pearl sago ) or " sabba akki " ( ಕನ ್ ನಡ: ಸಬ ್ ಬಕ ್ ಕ ಿ in Kannada ).

The term was first used in English in British India ( now India, Bangladesh and Pakistan ) and neighbouring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.

It is widely used both in official and other contexts in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.

The term has been used to describe hijras of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan who have gained legal identity, Fa ' afafine of Polynesia, and Sworn virgins of the Balkans, among others, and is also used by many of such groups and individuals to describe themselves.

Although the anusvara is a consonant in Bengali phonology, it is nevertheless treated in the written system as a diacritic in that it is always directly adjacent to the preceding consonant, even when spacing consonants apart in titles or banners ( e. g. < big > ব াং- ল া- দ ে- শ </ big > bang-la-de-sh, not < big > ব া-ং- ল া- দ ে- শ </ big > ba-ng-la-de-sh for < big > ব াং ল া দ ে শ </ big > Bangladesh ), it is never pronounced with the inherent vowel " ô ", and it cannot take a vowel sign ( instead, the consonant < big > ঙ </ big > ungô is used pre-vocalically ).

In Bangladesh, the term ' Kindergarten ' or ' KG School ( Kindergarten School )' is used to refer the schooling of children attend from 3 to 6 years of age.

A tanga ( Hindi: ट ाँ ग ा, Urdu: ٹانگہ, Bengali: ট া ঙ ্ গ া) or tonga is a light horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, like fruit, fresh water or merchandise, along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and East Africa.

The term " war child " is most commonly used for children born during World War II and its aftermath although it is also relevant to other situations such as the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities.

In the 1950s and 1960s, when nylon and polythene were rarely used, one of the primary sources of foreign exchange earnings for the erstwhile United Pakistan was the export of jute products, based on jute grown in then East Bengal now Bangladesh.

The Chittagong Hill Tracts, combining three hilly districts of Bangladesh, were once known as Korpos Mohol, the name used until 1860.