(WIPO code: BD) (latest review April 2023)
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Bangladesh
General Information
Area
146,000 sq. km.
Population
167,184,465 (2023).
Capital
Dhaka.
Language
Bangla (official).
Currency
Bangladeshi taka.
Imports
Foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, crude oil and raw materials for industries.
Exports
Mainly raw jute, jute goods, hides, skins, tea, paper, newsprint, ready made garments, fertilizer, fish and vegetables.
Main Industries
Jute, cotton textiles, sugar, newsprint, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, chemicals, paints and varnishes, matches, manufacture of cigarettes, fertilizers from natural gas, steel mills, engineering goods, handloom cloth and garments.
Main Products
Rice, wheat, pulses, sugar cane, jute, tea, rubber, newsprint, tobacco leaves, rayon and natural gas.
General Remarks
Legislation
Most of the laws of British India were adopted by Bangladesh as by the other States, which were part and parcel of the British Empire. These adoptions were made by Laws Continuance Enforcement Orders, though later amendments were made wherever required.
A new Patent Act came into force in 2022, repealing the old Patents and Designs Act 1911. The draft for a new Act for industrial designs has been approved, but is not in force at the time of writing.