Infrastructure

Transport

In Dhaka you have got several ways for transporting yourself, we tested them all. You have got the boat, car, bus, riksja and car riksja. In Dhaka there is a 24/7 traffic jam all over the city. So it is hard to transport things and yourself inside Dhaka. And since there is no sidewalk, as a western, you prefer not to walk.
The rules are simple: the bigger the better. The larger you car, the more you got priority in traffic. In general drivers  prefer to move out of the way instead of bring their car to a standstill.
In and around Dhaka there are asphalted roads, outside Dhaka there are just 5 highways. The other roads outside Dhaka are small and it is almost impossible for two cars to pass each other. Though there are a few asphalted highways in Bangladesh, it is still difficult to reach each other. For example, it takes approximately 2 hours to travel from Dhaka to Baniajuri (80 km) with a bigger car. And inside Dhaka, by car, it is possible that it takes 1 hour for 2 km.
A good alternative is transport by boat. Bangladesh already has some import product from India. These product come by boat.

Communication

There has been a mobile revolution in Bangladesh. This means that almost everybody has a mobile phone. Though the communication is not that good. The Bengali people may have a mobile phone, but use them for other purposes as Western people do. Phones are largely used for games and when they call, they barley exchange information.

Electricity & water

There are few places in Bangladesh that do not have electricity. Though, it will not work all of the time. It switches on-off-on and off again. It is not reliable. This makes the water facility also not reliable since that water needs to be pumped up.
Besides, the Bengali electricity net is not built in a save way. Electricity cables with a voltage of 220 are hanging every where without any protection. Most of the time they are hanging at the height of the head, but the team already have seen them at even knee height. There are a lot of children who have injured themselves at the these cables.