2011 in Bangladesh

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2011
in
Bangladesh

Centuries:
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2011
List of years in Bangladesh

2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.

The year 2011 was the 40th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the second term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.

Incumbents[]

President Zillur Rahman III
Zillur
Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh
Hasina

Demography[]

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2011[1]
Population, total 149,273,134
Population density (per km2) 1146.8
Population growth (annual %) 1.1%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 103.2
Urban population (% of total) 31.2%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 20.7
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 5.7
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 46
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 70.3
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2.3

Climate[]

Climate data for Bangladesh in 2011
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.9
(64.2)
21.2
(70.2)
25.3
(77.5)
27.6
(81.7)
28.1
(82.6)
28.6
(83.5)
28.3
(82.9)
28.0
(82.4)
28.2
(82.8)
27.4
(81.3)
23.8
(74.8)
20.2
(68.4)
25.4
(77.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.4
(0.13)
17.2
(0.68)
15.8
(0.62)
65.5
(2.58)
248.7
(9.79)
656.3
(25.84)
382.6
(15.06)
834.4
(32.85)
188.9
(7.44)
22.2
(0.87)
7.4
(0.29)
0.3
(0.01)
2,442.7
(96.16)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy[]

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2011[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $128.6 billion BDT9.2 trillion
GDP growth (annual %) 6.5%
GDP per capita $861.8 BDT61,353
Agriculture, value added $21.6 billion BDT1.5 trillion 16.8%
Industry, value added $32.2 billion BDT2.3 trillion 25.0%
Services, etc., value added $68.2 billion BDT4.9 trillion 53.0%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance -$0.2 billion -.1%
Imports of goods and services $37.9 billion BDT2.5 trillion 27.5%
Exports of goods and services $26,990.1 million BDT1.8 trillion 19.9%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows $1,264.7 million 1.0%
Personal remittances, received $12,071.1 million 9.4%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $9,174.7 million
Total reserves in months of imports 2.8

Note: For the year 2011 average official exchange rate for BDT was 74.15 per US$.

Events[]

Fireworks at the world cup opening ceremony
  • 7 January – Widespread outrage at the killing of Felani Khatun a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, who was shot and killed by India's Border Security Force (BSF), at India-Bangladesh border.[3][4]
  • 17 February – Bangladesh co-hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The Opening Ceremony of the event was held in the venue Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
  • 11 July – At least 40 people, including 38 students, were killed when a pick-up truck carrying them veered off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch at Mayani area of Mirsharai Upazila.[5]
  • 13 August – Acclaimed film director Tareque Masud and his long-time co-worker Mishuk Munier, a cinematographer, a journalist and CEO of ATN News died in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Joka under Ghior Upazila while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location.[6]
  • 5 September – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.[7]
  • 16 October – Small share market investors went on a fast-unto-death after forming the Bangladesh Capital Market Investors' Council in response to the bear run in the share market since end of 2010.[8] Opposition politicians declared their solidarity with the protesters.[8]
  • 22 October – The market stabilisation fund (MSF), worth BDT 50 billion ($ 667 million), was conceived by the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) as a method to increase liquidity in the market and increase share prices, in response to share market scam.[9]
  • December: A planned coup to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh was stopped by the Bangladesh Army.[10][11] A number of officers including retired ones were arrested.[12]

Awards and Recognitions[]

Independence Day Award[]

Recipients Area Note
Dhaka University education organization
Bangladesh Police liberation war organization
Gaus Khan liberation war posthumous
Sanghraj Jyotipal Mahathero liberation war posthumous
Dr Nilima Ibrahim liberation war posthumous
Air Vice Marshal (retd) Abdul Karim Khandaker liberation war
Nutan Chandra Singha liberation war posthumous
AKM Samsuzzoha liberation war posthumous
Muhammad Abul Hashem Khan culture

Bangladesh Freedom Honour[]

The highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh for foreigners or non-nationals was posthumously conferred on former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi on 25 July 2011.[13] The award recognises her role as an ally during the Bangladeshi war of independence and her capacity to manage such a complex regional war.[14] A Bangladeshi national committee had nominated her for the special honour for her "unique" role in "offering training to freedom fighters and refuge to millions of people who fled the country and building world opinion for Bangladesh's independence".[15] Indian National Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, the daughter -in-law of Indira Gandhi, received the award from Bangladeshi President Zillur Rahman at a grand ceremony in Dhaka attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nearly 1,000 top dignitaries.[16]

Ekushey Padak[]

  1. Mosharef Uddin Ahmed, Language Movement (posthumous)
  2. Shawkat Ali, Language Movement (posthumous)
  3. Nurjahan Begum, journalism
  4. Jyotsna Biswas, performing arts
  5. Abdul Haq Choudhury, research (posthumous)
  6. Abdul Haq, language and literature
  7. Amanul Haque, Language Movement
  8. Md Abul Hashem, social service
  9. Mohammed Delwar Hossain, social service
  10. Shaheed Quaderi, language and literature
  11. Ustad Akthar Sadmani, performing arts (posthumous)
  12. Abdul Karim Shah, performing arts
  13. Polan Sarkar, social service

Sports[]

Deaths[]

Tareque Masud
Tareque
Masud
Mishuk Munier
Mishuk
Munier

See also[]

References[]

  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. ^ "Indian verdict disrespect to int'l law: NHRC". The Daily Star. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ^ "India acquits Felani killer". Dhaka Tribune. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. ^ Ahmed, Farid. "44 schoolboys die in Bangladesh road accident". CNN.
  6. ^ "In memory of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier". The Daily Star. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ^ "India-Bangladesh sign pact on border demarcation". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Stocks protest rolls into the night". bdnews24.com. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ^ "BAB plans to launch Tk 50b market stabilisation fund". Financial Express. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Major Zia used UK mobile SIM to talk to officers". The Daily Star. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Involvement of 'parties' under probe". The Daily Star. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Delhi 'tip-off' helped foil coup". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  13. ^ Haroon Habib (25 July 2011). "Bangladesh honours Indira Gandhi with highest award". The Hindu.
  14. ^ http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2011/07/25/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi%E2%80%99s-1971-war/
  15. ^ "Bangladesh to honour Indira Gandhi for her support in 1971 war". 21 August 2010.
  16. ^ "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News".
  17. ^ "Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe 2011". CricSchedule.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  18. ^ "Pakistan to play full series in Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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