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PEOPLE Total population of Bangladesh is about 124 million of which some 80% live in the rural areas.Among the city dwellers some ten million people live in the capital city Dhaka. Of the total population some 88% are Muslims, around 11% are Hindus, 1% Buddhists and Christians. There are about half a million tribal people, the majority of whom live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. |
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LIFE More than 80% of the people are engaged in agriculture. The lifestyle of these people is a very simple one. From dawn to dusk they work in the fields tending crops and animals while women prepare 'foods, look after other household affairs and take care of the children at home. Rice and fish are the common diet. Lungis and vests is the usual attire for men in the rural areas as opposed to shirts and trousers in the urban areas. Almost all the women wear sarees. The tribal people have distinct dresses as well as distinct cultures of their own. |
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