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, total
125,189,655
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
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 $25.7 billion BDT1,237.5 billion 50.2%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
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

RecipientsAreaNote
architecture
architecture posthumous
fine arts
literature posthumous
sports
social work
music
education
education
liberation war
medical science
[10]

Ekushey Padak

  1. Hasan Azizul Huq (literature)
  2. Syed Hasan Imam (film)
  3. Subhash Dutta (film)
  4. Ali Zaker (drama)
  5. Monirul Islam (fine arts)
  6. Husna Banu Khanam (music)
  7. Fakir Alamgir (music)
  8. A B M Musa (journalism)
  9. K G Mustafa (journalism)
  10. Altamas Ahmed (dance)[11]

Sports

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Bangladesh arsenic crisis . BBC News . 10 January 1999.
  2. News: Bangladesh bomb kills nine . BBC News . 19 September 2016.
  3. Web site: শাকিব খানের ২০ বছর . 2023-05-24 . Manabzamin.
  4. Web site: 2021-05-28 . অপরিপক্ব, তবে দূরদর্শী ছিলাম: শাকিব . 2023-05-24 . Prothomalo . bn.
  5. News: Bangladesh beat the big boys . BBC Sport . 10 December 2002.
  6. News: Ahsan . Shamim . The Blame Game Goes on . Star Magazine . The Daily Star . 26 November 2016.
  7. News: 14 October 1999 . UN General Assembly elects 5 to council . UPI . United Nations . 21 July 2019 .
  8. News: 11 December 1999 . 50 killed as Bangladesh ferry capsizes . UPI . Dhaka, Bangladesh . 21 July 2019 .
  9. 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.
  10. News: Prof. a.m. Harun-ar-Rashid. February 5, 2016. February 16, 2016. The Daily Star.
  11. News: Dhaka Club honours Ekushey Padak recipients. February 22, 2009.
  12. Web site: South Asian Games. Olympic Council of Asia. 16 July 2019.
  13. Web site: Morrison. Neil. Bangabandhu Cup 1999. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.. 29 January 2015.
  14. Web site: List of Champions. Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Bangladesh – List of Cup Winners. Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 30 October 2018.
  16. Web site: 20th death anniversary of Satya Saha. 28 January 2019. Daily Star. 25 January 2021.
  17. News: Prof Azraf's anniversary of death today. The Daily Star. en. 2011-11-01. 2019-07-15.
  18. 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.