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Published on August 16, 2014
The report (click on the image to see the full report) described Bangladesh’s state of peace as ‘medium’ 
with securing 98th position (score 2.106), among the categories very high, high, low, very low and not included.
Neighbouring India`s position was 143rd scoring 2.571 but fell in `low` peace category. On the other hand, Afghanistan (161) and Pakistan (154) were placed in `very low` category of peace status.
According to the report, Bhutan is the most peaceful country among the South Asian states with the position of 16th in the index and scoring 1.422 under the `very high` category.
Nepal secured 76th position scoring 1.989 with getting its position in `high` peace category, the report mentioned.
However, another South Asian country - the Maldives - was not included in the report.
The GPI is the world`s leading measure of global peacefulness produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
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