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2003 in Bangladesh

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2003
in
Bangladesh

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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

The year 2003 was the 32nd year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the third term of the Government of Khaleda Zia.

Incumbents

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Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
Khaleda
Zia


Demography

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Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2003[1]
Population, total 134,791,598
Population density (per km2) 1035.5
Population growth (annual %) 1.7%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 105.4
Urban population (% of total) 25.4%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 25.4
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.4
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 73
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 66.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2.9

Climate

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Climate data for Bangladesh in 2003
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.8
(64.0)
21.2
(70.2)
24.3
(75.7)
28.1
(82.6)
28.3
(82.9)
28.1
(82.6)
28.4
(83.1)
28.7
(83.7)
28.7
(83.7)
27.4
(81.3)
23.6
(74.5)
19.2
(66.6)
25.3
(77.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.0
(0.20)
10.9
(0.43)
24.2
(0.95)
70.6
(2.78)
226.9
(8.93)
348.0
(13.70)
651.0
(25.63)
151.2
(5.95)
150.3
(5.92)
299.1
(11.78)
36.3
(1.43)
20.1
(0.79)
1,993.6
(78.49)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

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Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2003[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $60.2 billion BDT3,483.2 billion
GDP growth (annual %) 4.7%
GDP per capita $446.3 BDT25,841
Agriculture, value added $11.9 billion BDT690.1 billion 19.8%
Industry, value added $13.5 billion BDT782.8 billion 22.5%
Services, etc., value added $31.5 billion BDT1,825.2 billion 52.4%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance $0.1 billion .2%
Imports of goods and services $11.1 billion BDT565.2 billion 16.2%
Exports of goods and services $7,928.3 million BDT398.2 billion 11.4%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows $268.3 million 0.4%
Personal remittances, received $3,191.7 million 5.3%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $2,624.6 million
Total reserves in months of imports 2.8

Note: For the year 2003 average official exchange rate for BDT was 58.15 per US$.

Events

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  • 9 January – The Operation Clean Heart came to an end.[3] The Bangladesh Government passed an indemnity law, that provided legal protection to security personnel who participated in the operation.[4] Later, in November 2015, Bangladesh High Court declared the indemnity ordinance illegal and scrapped it.[3]
  • 17 January – A bomb attack at the Failya Paglar Mela in Tangail, Bangladesh that resulted in the death of 7 people.[5][6]
  • 12 February - On Eid-ul Fitr, two activists of Awami League are killed inside a madrassah in Hathazari Upazila.[7]
  • 20 January – Bangladesh wins the 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup.
  • 10 March- Banshkhali carnage takes place in which seven members of a Hindu family are burned alive in Chittagong.[7]
  • 8 July - A ferry named MV Nasrin-1 sunk in the Meghna River near Chandpur at midnight. Of the 750 people on board 220 were rescued.[8][9]
  • 24 July- Businessman Jamaluddin Ahmed Chowdhury was kidnapped.[7] A suspect, Amar Das, in the kidnapping died in police custody on 10 December.[7] His skeleton was recovered on 24 August 2005.[10]
  • 27 July – 175 fishermen go missing after storms strike the coast of Bangladesh and 300 homes are destroyed in an earthquake which strikes Chittagong.[11]
  • 11 August- Businessman Rezaur Rahman Zakir was murdered after being kidnapped.[7]

Awards and recognitions

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Independence Day Award

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Recipients Area Note
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman liberation War posthumous
Ziaur Rahman liberation war posthumous

Ekushey Padak

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  1. Muhammad Shamsul Huq
  2. Muhammad Ekramul Huq
  3. Zebunnessa Rahman
  4. Zobeda Khanum
  5. Abdul Mannan Syed
  6. Al Mujahidi
  7. Anjuman Ara Begum
  8. Lokman Hossain Fakir
  9. Khan Ataur Rahman
  10. Abdul Hamid
  11. Nazim Uddin Mostan
  12. UNESCO

Sports

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "HC scraps law giving indemnity for 'Operation Clean Heart'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Operation Clean Heart indemnity law illegal: HC". The Daily Star. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ^ Ahsan, Shamim. "The Blame Game Goes on". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. ^ Bammi, Y. M. (2010). India Bangladesh Relations: The Way Ahead. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 978-93-82573-20-3.
  7. ^ a b c d e Islam, Shahidul (3 January 2004). "A year of crimes in Ctg". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Hopes dying down: 15 bloated bodies recovered, more float downstream, no sight of sunken launch, raging currents frustrate rescuers, villagers keep vigil on Meghna banks". The Daily Star. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on 17 November 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2003.
  9. ^ "Bodies surfacing from ferry disaster". Chicago Tribune. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Killed after kidnap". The Daily Star. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Fears grow for Bangladesh fishermen". BBC News. 27 July 2003.
  12. ^ "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  13. ^ "South Africa secure innings victory over Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ "Bangladesh in Pakistan 2003". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2014.