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2018
(
MMXVIII
) was a
common year starting on Monday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 2018th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 18th year of the
3rd millennium
and the
21st century
, and the 9th year of the
2010s
decade.
Calendar year
The year 2018 was the 47th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fifth year of the third term of the Government of
Sheikh Hasina
.
Incumbents
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Demography
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Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2018
[1]
Population, total
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161,376,713
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Population density (per km
2
)
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1239.7
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Population growth (annual %)
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1.1%
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Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)
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102.5
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Urban population (% of total)
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36.6%
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Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
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18.2
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Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
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5.5
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Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)
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32
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Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
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72.3
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Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
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2.0
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Economy
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Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2018
[1]
National Income
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Current US$
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Current BDT
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% of GDP
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GDP
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$274.0 billion
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BDT22.5 trillion
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GDP growth (annual %)
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7.9%
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GDP per capita
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$1,698.1
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BDT139,455
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Agriculture, value added
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$35.8 billion
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BDT2.9 trillion
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13.1%
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Industry, value added
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$78.2 billion
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BDT6.4 trillion
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28.5%
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Services, etc., value added
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$145.1 billion
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BDT11.9 trillion
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53.0%
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Balance of Payment
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Current US$
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Current BDT
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% of GDP
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Current account balance
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-$7.1 billion
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-2.6%
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Imports of goods and services
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$65.6 billion
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BDT5.3 trillion
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23.4%
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Exports of goods and services
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$44,128.0 million
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BDT3.3 trillion
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14.8%
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Foreign direct investment, net inflows
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$2,421.6 million
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0.9%
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Personal remittances, received
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$15,566.2 million
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5.7%
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Total reserves (includes gold) at year end
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$32,028.4 million
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Total reserves in months of imports
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5.7
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Note: For the year 2018 average official exchange rate for
BDT
was 83.47 per US$.
Events
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- 7 January -
Mritunjoyi Mujib
was inaugurated.
- 10 January -
Tablighi Jamaat
holds a mass blockade protesting against and preventing the entry of Indian Scholar
Maulana Saad Kandhalvi
to the holy Islamic gathering for the
Bishwa Ijtema
, who is forced to return home in face of the protests.
[2]
- 8 February - Ex Prime Minister and
BNP
Chairperson
Khaleda Zia
as per court verdict is jailed for 5 years in the
Zia Charitable Trust corruption case
. She is imprisoned in old Dhaka Central Jail located in Nazimuddin Road.
[3]
- 11 April - The Prime Minister announced the abolition of Quota system in Government recruitment in response to
Bangladesh Quota Reform Protests 2018
.
- 5 May - Unidentified gunmen ambushed and assassinated 5 people in
Rangamati
district, including
UPDF
leader Tapan Jyoti Chakma. It is suspected the attack was caused by internal conflicts between rival
Chackma
factions
. This is the deadliest such incident involving the indigenous tribal Chackma people since the signing of the
Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
in
1997
.
[4]
[5]
- 26 May-
Kazi Nazrul Islam University
of West Bengal awarded PM
Sheikh Hasina
with Doctorate of Literature.
- 23 June - 52 people are killed in road accident in a single day as people were returning from
Eid
Vacation. This is the country's highest reported number of casualties from a road crash in a single day in recent times.
[6]
- 29 July - 9 August - On 29 July two college students are killed and nine others injured when a reckless driving Bus hit them in the capital
Dhaka
. Students all over the city carried out
mass protests
demanding punishment of the culprits and to put an end to reckless driving in the country.
[7]
- 22 September - In a massive rally, the newly formed coalition
Jatiya Oikya Front
, a platform led by Dr
Kamal Hossain
, issued an ultimatum from the rally for the three-point demand to be met by 30 September. The demands include: 1. Formation of a polls-time neutral government, 2. effective steps for reconstituting the Election Commission, 3. dissolution of parliament before the announcement of the election schedule. Several top leaders of the main opposition party
BNP
showed their support and shared the stage with Dr Kamal Hossain and his alliance at a citizens' rally in the capital and vowed joint movement to accomplish the three-point demands.
[8]
[9]
- 10 October - Court verdict against the
2004 grenade attack
is given. Top BNP leaders Lutfuzzaman Babar was given the death penalty and Tariqe Rahman was given life term imprisonment. BNP rejected the verdict and carried out protests against it.
[10]
- 30 December - The
2018 Bangladeshi general election
were held, with a decisive victory for ruling party
Bangladesh Awami League
.
[11]
Awards and Recognitions
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Independence Day Award
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Eighteen people were awarded.
[13]
Ekushey Padak
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The award was given to 21 persons.
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- AZM Takiullah
(language movement)
- Mirza Mazharul Islam
(language movement)
- Sheikh Sadi Khan
(music)
- Shujeo Shyam
(music)
- Indra Mohan Rajbongshi
(music)
- Khurshid Alam
(music)
- Motiul Haque Khan
(music)
- Minu Haque
(dance)
- Humayun Faridi
(acting)
- Nikhil Sen
(drama)
- Kalidas Karmakar
(fine arts)
- Golam Mostofa (photography)
- Ranesh Maitra
(journalism)
- Zulekha Haque
(research)
- Muinul Islam
(economics)
- Ilias Kanchan
(social service)
- Syed Manzoorul Islam
(language and literature)
- Saiful Islam Khan
(poet Hayat Saef) (language and literature)
- Subrata Barua
(language and literature)
- Rabiul Hussain
(language and literature)
- Khalekdad Chowdhury
(language and literature)
Sports
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Deaths
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Ayub Bachchu
- 5 January ?
Dhiraj Kumar Nath
, diplomat (b. 1945).
[19]
- 16 January ?
Shammi Akhtar
, singer
- 25 January ?
Shawkat Ali
, writer (b. 1936)
- 5 March ?
Rafiqul Islam
, physician (born c.1936).
[20]
- 6 March ?
Ferdousi Priyabhashini
, sculptor (b. 1947)
- 21 March ?
Noorjahan Kakon Bibi
, freedom fighter and secret agent (b. 1915)
- 21 April ?
Anwara Begum
, 83, academic and former
First Lady
.
[21]
- 24 April ?
Belal Chowdhury
, poet (b. 1938)
- 26 April ?
Shamsul Islam
, politician (b. 1931).
[22]
- 9 May ?
Mustafa Nur-Ul Islam
, academic,
National Professor
(b. 1927).
[23]
- 22 May ?
- 26 June ?
Ahsanullah Montu
, footballer (b. 1962).
[26]
- 7 July ?
Rani Sarker
, film actress (b. 1930s).
[27]
- 25 July ?
Kalparanjan Chakma
, politician (b. 1918).
[28]
- 26 July ?
Mostafa Suja
, politician (born c.1950).
[29]
- 18 October -
Ayub Bachchu
, leading musician (born 1962).
[30]
- 15 December-
Amjad Hossain
, film actor and director (born 1942).
[31]
See also
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