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Bangladesh
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Communications
Bangladesh
Telephone
Country code: 880. Public telephone booths are located at the principal marketplaces and in post offices in the main towns.
Mobile Telephone
Coverage is limited to main towns.
Internet
Public Internet services exist in the main towns and there are also a few Internet cafes, usually with slow connections. Some hotels in Dhaka and Chittagong offer Internet access (mainly to guests).
Post
Airmail takes three to four days to Europe; surface mail can take several weeks. Post boxes are blue for airmail and red for surface mail. Post offices are closed on Fridays.
Media
The main broadcast media in Bangladesh, Radio Bangladesh and BTV Bangladesh Television, the national television channel, are state-owned and favourable to the Government. Little coverage is given to the political opposition, except in the run-up to general elections when a caretaker Government takes control. Although BTV remains the country's sole terrestrial TV channel, private satellite-delivered TV stations have established a presence.
The constitution guarantees press freedom, but journalists are subject to regular harassment from the police and political activists. Bangladeshi newspapers are diverse, outspoken and privately owned. English-language titles appeal mainly to the educated urban elite. The authorities sometimes withdraw foreign publications from circulation over articles or images considered malicious or offensive.
Press
• There are eight daily English-language papers, the most popular being the Bangladesh Observer, followed by the Daily Star and the New Nation. The Independent is considered to be reasonably unbiased.
• The main English-language weeklies include Holiday.
• The main Bengali dailies are Dainik Ittefaq and Dainik Jugantor.
• Almost all these newspapers are published in Dhaka and circulated throughout the country.
TV
• Bangladesh Television (BTV) is government-run.
• ATN Bangla, Channel One and Banglavision are private channels available via satellite and cable.
Radio
• Betar-Radio Bangladesh is Government-run.
• Radio Metrowave is a commercial, music and news station aimed at younger listeners in Dhaka and Chittagong.
• The BBC World Service is available on FM in Dhaka.
Telephone
Country code: 880. Public telephone booths are located at the principal marketplaces and in post offices in the main towns.
Mobile Telephone
Coverage is limited to main towns.
Internet
Public Internet services exist in the main towns and there are also a few Internet cafes, usually with slow connections. Some hotels in Dhaka and Chittagong offer Internet access (mainly to guests).
Post
Airmail takes three to four days to Europe; surface mail can take several weeks. Post boxes are blue for airmail and red for surface mail. Post offices are closed on Fridays.
Media
The main broadcast media in Bangladesh, Radio Bangladesh and BTV Bangladesh Television, the national television channel, are state-owned and favourable to the Government. Little coverage is given to the political opposition, except in the run-up to general elections when a caretaker Government takes control. Although BTV remains the country's sole terrestrial TV channel, private satellite-delivered TV stations have established a presence.
The constitution guarantees press freedom, but journalists are subject to regular harassment from the police and political activists. Bangladeshi newspapers are diverse, outspoken and privately owned. English-language titles appeal mainly to the educated urban elite. The authorities sometimes withdraw foreign publications from circulation over articles or images considered malicious or offensive.
The constitution guarantees press freedom, but journalists are subject to regular harassment from the police and political activists. Bangladeshi newspapers are diverse, outspoken and privately owned. English-language titles appeal mainly to the educated urban elite. The authorities sometimes withdraw foreign publications from circulation over articles or images considered malicious or offensive.
Press
• There are eight daily English-language papers, the most popular being the Bangladesh Observer, followed by the Daily Star and the New Nation. The Independent is considered to be reasonably unbiased.
• The main English-language weeklies include Holiday.
• The main Bengali dailies are Dainik Ittefaq and Dainik Jugantor.
• Almost all these newspapers are published in Dhaka and circulated throughout the country.
• The main English-language weeklies include Holiday.
• The main Bengali dailies are Dainik Ittefaq and Dainik Jugantor.
• Almost all these newspapers are published in Dhaka and circulated throughout the country.
TV
• Bangladesh Television (BTV) is government-run.
• ATN Bangla, Channel One and Banglavision are private channels available via satellite and cable.
• ATN Bangla, Channel One and Banglavision are private channels available via satellite and cable.
Radio
• Betar-Radio Bangladesh is Government-run.
• Radio Metrowave is a commercial, music and news station aimed at younger listeners in Dhaka and Chittagong.
• The BBC World Service is available on FM in Dhaka.
• Radio Metrowave is a commercial, music and news station aimed at younger listeners in Dhaka and Chittagong.
• The BBC World Service is available on FM in Dhaka.
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