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Principal Languages: Bangla (Bengali), Urdu, Hindi, English
Principal Religions: Islam
83% Hinduism 16%
Currency: Taka (BDT)
Exchange vs US$
(August 2007): 68.83
GDP Growth: 6.6% (2006 est.)
Industries: Cotton textiles,
jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertiliser, light engineering, sugar.
Main Exports: Garments, jute and
jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood.
Key Trading Partners (Exports):
Main Imports: Machinery and
equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs, petroleum products,
cement.
Key Trading Partners (Imports): China 18%, India 12.7%, Kuwait 8%,
Singapore 5.6%, Hong Kong 4.2% (2006).
Government Type: Parliamentary republic
Chief of State: President Iajuddin Ahmed
Head of Government: Chief Adviser Fakruddin Ahmed (interim)
Judicial Branch: Supreme
Court (appointed by the president)
Legislative Branch: Unicameral
National Parliament or Jatiya Sangsad;
300 seats elected by popular vote from single territorial constituencies.
Members serve five-year terms.
Legal System: Based on English
and Pakistani common law and shari’a principles.
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