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Bangladesh:
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Other pages in this profile of Bangladesh:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Bangladesh Defense Force: Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini, BAF) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 16 years of age for voluntary military service; 17 years of age for officers (both with parental consent); conscription legally possible in emergency, but has never been implemented (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 41,199,340 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 31,968,168 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.5% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition 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 protests India's fencing and walling off high-traffic sections of the porous boundary; a joint Bangladesh-India boundary commission resurveyed and reconstructed 92 missing pillars in 2007; dispute with India over New Moore/South Talpatty/Purbasha Island in the Bay of Bengal deters maritime boundary delimitation; after 21 years, Bangladesh resumes talks with Burma on delimiting a maritime boundary |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 26,268 (Burma) IDPs: 65,000 (land conflicts, religious persecution) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition transit country for illegal drugs produced in neighboring countries |
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