For many people in eastern India, Bangladeshi means Bengali. It indicates that everyone living in Bangladesh must be a Bengali. But in reality, Bangladesh is a tiny neighbouring nation with a secular identity comprising various ethnic tribes. The populous country is however dominated by Muslim population where almost everyone uses Bengali language.
The people of Assam somehow maintain a strained relationship with the Bengalis, even though some of the distinguished Bengali personalities have contributed in the growth of Assamese language and culture.
One can remember the immense contributions of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Padmanath Bidyavinod, Bibhubhusan Choudhury, Arun Purkayastha, Arun Guha etc for Assam since time immemorial.