BANGLADESH AFFAIRS
Total Marks 200
(For both General and Technical/Professional Cadres)
This paper is designed to cover
various issues/topics concerning Bangladesh affairs which include
history, geography, environment,
society, culture, economy and politics.
The topics/areas that should be
covered are stated below:
1. Geography of Bangladesh that
should include topographical features of different areas/regions
and their developments over time.
2. Demographic features including
ethnic and cultural diversity.
3. History and culture of
Bangladesh from ancient to recent times.
4. Economy, society, literature
and culture of Bangladesh with particular emphasis on
developments including Poverty
Alleviation, Vision- 2021, GNP, NNP, GDP etc. after the
emergence of the country.
5. Bangladesh’s environment and
nature and challenges and prospects with particular emphasis on
conservation, preservation and
sustainability.
6. Natural resources of
Bangladesh with focus on their sustainable harnessing and management.
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7. The Constitution of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh: Preamble, Features, Directive
Principles of State Policy,
Constitutional Amendments.
8. Organs of the Government:
a) Legislature: Representation,
Law-making, Financial and Oversight functions; Rules of
Procedure, Gender
Issues, Caucuses, Parliament Secretariat.
b) Executive:
Chief and Real executive e.g., President and Prime Minister, Powers and
Functions; Cabinet, Council of
Ministers, Rules of Business, Bureaucracy, Secretariat, Law
enforcing agencies;
Administrative setup- National and Local Government structures,
Decentralization Programmes and
Local Level Planning.
c) Judiciary: Structure: Supreme,
High and other Subordinate Courts, Organization, Powers
and functions of the Supreme
Court, Appointment, Tenure and Removal of Judges,
Organization of Sub-ordinate
Courts, Separation of Judiciary from the Executive, Judicial
Review, Adjudication, Gram
Adalat, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
9. Foreign Policy and External
Relations of Bangladesh:
Goals, Determinants and policy
formulation process; Factors of National Power; Security
Strategies; Geo-Politics and
Environment Issues; Economic Diplomacy; Man-power
exploitation, Participation in
International Organizations; UNO and UN Peace Keeping
Missions, NAM, SAARC, OIC,
BIMSTEC, D-8 etc, and International Economic Institutions,
Foreign Aid, International Trade.
10. Political Parties: Historical
development; Leadership; Social Bases; Structure; Ideology and
Programmes; Factionalism; Politics of Alliances; Inter and Intra-Party Relations; Electoral
Behaviour; Parties in Government
and Opposition.
11. Elections in Bangladesh.
Management of Electoral Politics: Role of the Election Commission;
Electoral Law; Campaigns;
Representation of People’s Order (RPO); Election Observation
Teams.
12. Contemporary Communication;
ICT, Role of Media; Right to Information (RTI), and EGovernance.
13. Non-formal Institutions; Role
of Civil Society; Interest Groups; and NGOs in Bangladesh.
14. Globalization and Bangladesh:
Economic and Political Dimensions; Roles of the WTO, World
Bank, IMF, ADB, IDB and other
development partners and Multi National Corporations
(MNCs).
15. Gender issues and Development
in Bangladesh.
16. The Liberation War and its
Background: Language Movement 1952, 1954 Election, Six-Point
Movement, 1966, Mass Upsurge
1968-69, General Elections 1970, Non-cooperation Movement,
1971, Bangabandhu’s Historic
Speech of 7th
March.
Formation and Functions of Mujibnagar
government, Role of Major Powers
and of the UN, Surrender of Pakistani Army, Bangabandhu’s
return to liberated Bangladesh. Withdrawal of Indian armed forces from Bangladesh.
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