Bangalee or Bangladeshi?
We often hear people debating over whether we are Bangalees or Bangladeshis? The people of India, a vast country with so many communities and with Hindi as their national language, call themselves Indians. In USA, there are people of different ethnicities, communities and languages, but all of them are Americans.
Bangladesh is a small country with huge population. There are various tribal communities with different cultures and languages. There are also other Bangalees living in various parts of the world who speak Bangla but are not Bangladeshi citizens. So I think it will be wise to call the people of Bangladesh Bangladeshis.
Mashudul Haque
Dhaka
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