Bangladesh is located in the low-lying Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta, where the medieval European geographers have placed the paradise. Most parts of of the country are less than 12m above the sea level, which means that about 10% of the land would be flooded if the sea level were to rise by 1m. The highest region of Bangladesh is in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, the only hill intensive area of the country, divided in 1984 into 3 disctricts: Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban. The image from the postcard seems to be from Thanchi, a remote upazila parishad (county subdivisions) of Bandarban, practically located along the Sangu River.
About the stamps
The first stamp belongs to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 set, consisting of 4 stamps with the same denomination (0.20 BDT), which shows bowling (this is on the postcard), batting, fielding and wicket keeping aspects of Cricket.
The last two stamps are part of the series Traditional Musical Instruments of Bangladesh, desingned by Anowar Hossain & Jasim Uddin and issued on July 21, 2011.
Sender: Safa Mohammad (direct swap)
Sent from (Bangladesh) on 11.2011
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