found: CIA World fact book, online, Sept. 16, 2015:Bangladesh (Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India; people, noun: Bangladeshi(s)); adjective: Bangladeshi)
found: OED online, Feb. 22, 2017:Bangladeshi (Bangladeshi, n. and adj. n. A native or inhabitant of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, formed in 1971 (formerly the province of East Pakistan). adj. Of or pertaining to Bangladesh, its natives, or its inhabitants) Bangla (Bangla, n. and adj. n. The Bengali language. adj. a) = Bangladeshi adj. (b) Of or designating the Bengali language or people; = Bengali adj.)
found: Harris, M. East Pakistanis in London, 1967.
found: East Pakistani children and refugees in India to get food for peace, 1971.
found: Collins English dictionary online, Feb. 22, 2017:Bengali (Bengali noun 1. a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. The West Bengalis are mainly Hindus; the East Bengalis of Bangladesh are mainly Muslims) East Bengal (East Bengal noun the part of the former Indian province of Bengal assigned to Pakistan in 1947 (now Bangladesh)) East Bengali (East Bengali adjective 1. of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants. noun 2. a native or inhabitant of East Bengal) East Pakistan (East Pakistan noun the former name (until 1971) of Bangladesh) East Pakistani (adjective 1. of or relating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants. noun 2. a native or inhabitant of the former East Pakistan)
found: COBUILD advanced English dictionary, via Collins English dictionary website, Feb. 22, 2017(Bengali 2. countable noun A Bengali is a person who comes from Bangladesh or West Bengal.)
