The container carrier MV Songa Cheetah set off from Chattogram towards Italy, launching direct shipping operations between Bangladesh and Europe.
Bangladesh is a South Asian nation officially called the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It is the world's eighth-most populous
nation, with a population of more than 163 million people living in an area of either 148,460 square kilometers or 147,570 square kilometers, making it one of the globe's most densely populated nations. Bangladesh shares land boundaries with India to the west, north, and east, as well as
Myanmar to the southeast, and the Bay of Bengal to the south. It is separated from
Nepal and Bhutan by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by 100 kilometers in the
Indian state of Sikkim to the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, serves as the
country's economic, political, and cultural center. The second-biggest city is
Chittagong, the major seaport. Bengali, among the most eastern divisions of the
Indo-European language family, is the national language.
