@Bangladesh:Communications
Telephone system: 241,250 telephones; 1 telephone/522 persons; poor
domestic telephone service
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 2 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) earth stations; adequate
international radio communications and landline service
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 11
televisions: NA
@Bangladesh:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force paramilitary forces: Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Armed Police Reserve, Village Defense Parties, National Cadet Corps
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 33,039,035; males fit for
military service 19,607,817 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $448 million, 1.7% of
GDP (FY93/94)
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