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Bengali or Bangla is the language in Bangladesh. The country name Bangladesh actually means âCountry of Banglaâ. Everyone in this country speak Bangla, except some tribal people in the hill-tract area.
1. Our Bengali Shia population is really small. Certainly not as large a minority as found in Pakistan. I have no idea as to percentages. 2. I've only once heard Bengali people in Bangladesh mention the Shia (I reside in the UK) and it concerned the Ashura processions. Someone at the dinner table was saying how the Shia like to march, beat and whip themselves, to show their remorse for Hazrat Ali and his son Hussain.