This document provides information about Bangladesh, including: 1) Bengali is widely spoken in Bangladesh and parts of India, with approximately 250 million speakers worldwide. 2) Bangladesh established diplomatic relations with Thailand in 1972. Thailand opened an embassy in Bangladesh in 1974 and Bangladesh opened an embassy in Bangkok in 1975. 3) The capital of Bangladesh is Dhaka. The majority religion is Islam and the main holidays celebrated are Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. Traditional clothing includes sarees and salwar kameez for women and lungis, panjabis and kurtas for men.