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Introduction - Bangladesh: | Location - Bangladesh: | People - Bangladesh: | Government - Bangladesh: | Economy - Bangladesh: | Communications - Bangladesh: | Transportation - Bangladesh: | Military - Bangladesh: | Military branches | Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2005) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 26,841,255 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 21,053 (Burma)
IDPs: 65,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.5% (2006) | | Disputes international | discussions with India remain stalled to delimit a small section of river boundary, exchange territory for 51 small Bangladeshi exclaves in India and 111 small Indian exclaves in Bangladesh, allocate divided villages, and stop illegal cross-border trade, migration, violence, and transit of terrorists through the porous border; Bangladesh resists Indias attempts to fence or wall off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; a joint Bangladesh-India boundary inspection in 2005 revealed 92 pillars are missing; dispute with India over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; 21,000 Burmese Rohingya Muslim refugees reside in two camps in Bangladesh | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |