1999 in Bangladesh explained
The year 1999 was the 28th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fourth year of the first term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.
Incumbents
Demography
Population, total125,189,655 |
Population density (per km2) | 961.7 |
Population growth (annual %) | 2.0% |
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) | 105.8 |
Urban population (% of total) | 23.2% |
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) | 28.2 |
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) | 7.1 |
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) | 92 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | 64.9 |
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | 3.3 | |
Economy
National Income | Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP |
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GDP | $51.3 billion | BDT2,465.1 billion | |
GDP growth (annual %) | 4.7% |
GDP per capita | $409.5 | BDT19,691 | |
Agriculture, value added | $11.6 billion | BDT558.6 billion | 22.7% |
Industry, value added | $11.5 billion | BDT551.6 billion | 22.4% |
Services, etc., value added | $25.7 billion | BDT1,237.5 billion | 50.2% |
Balance of Payment |
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| Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP |
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Current account balance | style="text-align: right;" | -$364.4 million | | style="text-align: right;" | -.7% |
Imports of goods and services | $8,932.2 million | BDT409.9 billion | 16.6% |
Exports of goods and services | $6,235.9 million | BDT289.9 billion | 11.8% |
Foreign direct investment, net inflows | $179.6 million | | 0.4% |
Personal remittances, received | $1,806.8 million | | 3.5% |
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end | $1,634.4 million | | |
Total reserves in months of imports | 2.1 | |
Note: For the year 1999 average official exchange rate for
BDT was 49.09 per US$.
Events
Awards and Recognitions
International Recognition
Independence Day Award
Recipients | Area | Note |
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| architecture | |
| architecture | posthumous |
| fine arts | |
| literature | posthumous |
| sports | |
| social work | |
| music | |
| education | |
| education | |
| liberation war | |
| medical science | |
| | [10] | |
Ekushey Padak
- Hasan Azizul Huq (literature)
- Syed Hasan Imam (film)
- Subhash Dutta (film)
- Ali Zaker (drama)
- Monirul Islam (fine arts)
- Husna Banu Khanam (music)
- Fakir Alamgir (music)
- A B M Musa (journalism)
- K G Mustafa (journalism)
- Altamas Ahmed (dance)[11]
Sports
- South Asian (Federation) Games:
- Bangladesh participated in the 1999 South Asian Federation Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 25 September to 4 October 1999. With 2 golds, 10 silvers and 35 bronzes Bangladesh ended the tournament at the fifth position in overall points table.[12]
- International football:
- Domestic football:
- Cricket:
- The final of the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship was played at Dhaka in March 1999, in which Pakistan won against Sri Lanka.
- Later that month, Bangladesh hosted Kenya and Zimbabwe for the List A Meril International Tournament which was won convincingly by Zimbabwe.
- Bangladesh participated in 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England from 14 May - 20 June. Bangladesh did not progress from the group stage, but they managed to defeat Scotland and Pakistan in the tournament. The win against Pakistan was Bangladesh's first win in ODI format against any test playing nation. Khaled Mahmud was the man of the match for his all-round performance in that landmark win.
- In October, West Indies led by Brian Lara played a single first-class match against the Bangladesh national team, which was drawn. The teams also played a two-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which West Indies won 2–0.
- In October and November, an England A team visited Bangladesh and played three matches against the Bangladesh National team. Two of these were first-class matches which were drawn. England A won the limited overs match by 5 wickets.
- The National Cricket League was launched in November 1999.
Births
Deaths
See also
Notes and References
- News: Bangladesh arsenic crisis . BBC News . 10 January 1999.
- News: Bangladesh bomb kills nine . BBC News . 19 September 2016.
- Web site: শাকিব খানের ২০ বছর . 2023-05-24 . Manabzamin.
- Web site: 2021-05-28 . অপরিপক্ব, তবে দূরদর্শী ছিলাম: শাকিব . 2023-05-24 . Prothomalo . bn.
- News: Bangladesh beat the big boys . BBC Sport . 10 December 2002.
- News: Ahsan . Shamim . The Blame Game Goes on . Star Magazine . The Daily Star . 26 November 2016.
- News: 14 October 1999 . UN General Assembly elects 5 to council . UPI . United Nations . 21 July 2019 .
- News: 11 December 1999 . 50 killed as Bangladesh ferry capsizes . UPI . Dhaka, Bangladesh . 21 July 2019 .
- Web site: Awardees who worked in Bangladesh. Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. 14 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701004536/http://rmaward.asia/awardees/country/bangladesh/. 1 July 2018. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Prof. a.m. Harun-ar-Rashid. February 5, 2016. February 16, 2016. The Daily Star.
- News: Dhaka Club honours Ekushey Padak recipients. February 22, 2009.
- Web site: South Asian Games. Olympic Council of Asia. 16 July 2019.
- Web site: Morrison. Neil. Bangabandhu Cup 1999. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.. 29 January 2015.
- Web site: List of Champions. Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 October 2018.
- Web site: Bangladesh – List of Cup Winners. Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 30 October 2018.
- Web site: 20th death anniversary of Satya Saha. 28 January 2019. Daily Star. 25 January 2021.
- News: Prof Azraf's anniversary of death today. The Daily Star. en. 2011-11-01. 2019-07-15.
- Book: Kabir, Ahmad . 2012 . Kamal, Begum Sufia . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Kamal,_Begum_Sufia . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.