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People's Republic of Bangladesh
former: East Pakistan
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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500,000 (2000) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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283,000 (2000) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: totally inadequate for a modern country
domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2000) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999) |
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Radios:
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6.15 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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15 (1999) |
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Televisions:
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770,000 (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.bd |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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10 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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150,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 2,745 km
broad gauge: 923 km 1.676-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,822 km 1.000-m gauge (2000 est.) |
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Highways:
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total: 201,182 km
paved: 19,112 km unpaved: 182,070 km (1997) |
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Waterways:
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up to 8,046 km depending on season
note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes |
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Pipelines:
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natural gas 1,250 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Chittagong, Dhaka, Mongla Port, Narayanganj (2001) |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 269,932 GRT/379,271 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 26, container 3, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, includes s foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: Singapore 5 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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18 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 6 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, paramilitary forces (includes Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Village Defense Parties, Armed Police Battalions, National Cadet Corps) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 37,303,372 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 22,139,736 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$559 million (FY96/97) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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1.8% (FY96/97) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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only a small portion of the boundary with India remains undelimited; discussions to demarcate the boundary, exchange 162 miniscule enclaves, and allocate divided villages remain stalled; skirmishes, illegal border trafficking, and violence along the border continue; Bangladesh has protested India's attempts to fence off high traffic sections of the porous boundary; Burmese attempts to construct a dam on the border stream in 2001 prompted an armed response halting construction; Burmese Muslim refugees migrate into Bangladesh straining meager resources |
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Illicit drugs:
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transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries |