OFFICIALLY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH, IS A SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRY TO THE EAST OF INDIA ON THE BAY OF BENGAL MARKED BY LUSH GREENERY AND MANY WATERWAYS. ITS PADMA (GANGES), MEGHNA, AND JAMUNA RIVERS CREATE FERTILE PLAINS. ON THE SOUTHERN COAST, THE SUNDARBANS, AN ENORMOUS MANGROVE FOREST SHARED WITH EASTERN INDIA, IS HOME TO THE ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. . BANGLADESH ALSO SHARES LAND BORDERS WITH MYANMAR TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THE BAY OF BENGAL TO THE SOUTH. IT IS NARROWLY SEPARATED FROM  NEPAL AND BHUTAN BY THE SILIGURI CORRIDOR AND FROM CHINA BY SIKKIM IN THE NORTH, RESPECTIVELY. DHAKA, THE CAPITAL, AND LARGEST CITY IS THE NATION’S ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL HUB. CHITTAGONG, THE LARGEST SEAPORT, IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY.