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Official name: Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh (People's Republic of Bangladesh)
Head of State: President Iajuddin Ahmed (sworn in 6 Sep 2002)
Head of government: Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia (BNP) (elected 1 Oct 2001)
Ruling party: Four-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) (BNP) (elected Oct 2001)
Area: 143,998 square km
Population: 146.39 million (2004)
Capital: Dhaka
Official language: Bengali (Bangla)
Currency: Taka (Tk) = 100 poisha
Exchange rate: Tk59.38 per US$ (Nov 2004)
GDP per capita: US$358 (2003)
GDP real growth: 5.30% (2003)
Labour force: 64.00 million (2003)
Unemployment: 40.00% (2003)
Inflation: 6.00% (2003)
Balance of trade: -US$2.16 billion (2003)
Foreign debt: US$16.51 billion (2003)

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