1982 in Bangladesh explained

The year 1982 was the 11th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the Government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Incumbents

• President:
  • until 24 March: Abdus Sattar
  • 24 – 27 March: Hussain Muhammad Ershad
  • starting 27 March: A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
• Prime Minister: Shah Azizur Rahman (until 24 March)
• Vice President: Mirza Nurul Huda (until 23 March); Mohammad Mohammadullah (starting and ending in 1982)
• Chief Justice: Kemaluddin Hossain (until 12 April), F.K.M. Munim (starting 12 April)

Demography

Population, total

83,932,132
Population density (per km^2)	644.8
Population growth (annual %)	2.6%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	106.5
Urban population (% of total)	16.2%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	41.9
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	13.7
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	189
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	53.8
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	6.1

Economy

National Income

	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$18.5 billion	BDT371.2 billion
GDP growth (annual %)	2.1%
GDP per capita	$220.7	BDT4,423
Agriculture, value added	$5.8 billion	BDT116.7 billion	31.4%
Industry, value added	$3.7 billion	BDT74.4 billion	20.0%
Services, etc., value added	$8.5 billion	BDT171.3 billion	46.1%
Balance of Payment
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
Current account balance	style="text-align: right;"	-$500.7 million		style="text-align: right;"	-2.7%
Imports of goods and services	$2,660.8 million	BDT57.7 billion	15.5%
Exports of goods and services	$986.6 million	BDT18.8 billion	5.1%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows	$7.0 million		0.0%
Personal remittances, received	$526.5 million		2.8%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end	$208.5 million
Total reserves in months of imports	0.9

Note: For the year 1982 average official exchange rate for BDT was 22.12 per US$.

Events

• 24 March - Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad assumes power through a bloodless coup.^[1]
• 26 June - Bangladesh adopts standards of weights and measures based on metric system.^[2]
• 4 October - Bangladesh signs with India a memorandum of understanding on water sharing for two years.^[3]
• Bangladesh enacted the National Drug Policy which helped develop the drug manufacturing industry in Bangladesh.^[4]

Awards and recognitions

Independence Day Award

Recipients	Area	Note
	education	posthumous
	social work	posthumous
	literature	posthumous
	fine arts	posthumous
	social service

Ekushey Padak

1. Syed Ali Ahsan (literature)
2. Abul Hasan (literature)
3. Talim Hossain (literature)
4. Abdul Hakim (education)
5. Ful Mohammad (music)
6. SM Sultan (fine arts)
7. G A Mannan (literature)
8. Sanaullah Nuri (journalism)

Sports

• Domestic football:
  • Mohammedan SC won Dhaka League title while Abahani KC became runner-up.^[5]
  • Mohammedan SC and Abahani KC jointly won the title of Bangladesh Federation Cup.^[6]

Births

• 2 June – Topu, singer^[7]
• 15 June– Abdur Razzak, cricketer
• 27 October– Wasfia Nazreen, mountaineer and activist
• 25 December – Tapash Baisya, cricketer

Deaths

• 16 February – Enamul Haque, writer (b. 1902)
• 27 March – Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect (b. 1929)
• 5 May – Phuljhuri Khan, instrumentalist (b. 1920)^[8]

See also

• 1980s in Bangladesh
• Timeline of Bangladeshi history

Notes and References

1. News: Country profile: Bangladesh . BBC News.
2. Web site: The Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1982. Ministry of Law and Land Reforms, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
3. Book: Haq, Enamul . 2012 . Ganges Water Sharing . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ganges_Water_Sharing . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
4. Web site: Health, Nutrition & Population Programme Proposal (HNPPP) . 15 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208213338/http://www.mohfw.gov.bd/hnppp.htm . 8 February 2008 . dead.
5. Web site: List of Champions. Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 October 2018.
6. Web site: Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners. Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 30 October 2018.
7. News: Topu says . bdnewslive.com . 8 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107023957/http://www.bdnewslive.com/2012/01/topu-says . 7 November 2013 . 26 December 2015.
8. Book: Khan, Mobarak Hossain . 2012 . Khan, Ustad Phuljhuri . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khan,_Ustad_Phuljhuri . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.