Bangladesh is on the Indian subcontinent.
Bangladesh . `` The country of Bengal '' ) , officially the People 's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in South Asia . Bengal ( [ bɛŋˈɡɔːl ] বাংলা / বঙ্গ ) is a geopolitical , cultural and historical region in Asia , which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal . The Indian subcontinent or the subcontinent , also called the Indian continent , is a southern region of Asia , mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas .