Submarine to join Bangladesh Navy by 2019

Bangladesh is sandwiched between India and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal.

The Bangladesh Navy will have its first submarine by 2019, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, adding Dhaka wants to amicably resolve its maritime boundary issue with neighbours India and Myanmar as it does not want 'a war in the region'.

Hasina said the Bangladesh Navy will have its first submarine with base facility by 2019 and added that her government's plans were to build 'an effective deterrent force'.

She made the announcement while commissioning the navy's first hydrographic survey ship 'Anusandhan' at Isha Khan Naval Base.

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