2015 in Bangladesh

none February 2021 2015 2015 The year 2015 was the 44th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the third term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina. Incumbents center center Abdul Hamid (politician).jpg President Abdul Hamid III AbdulHamid 105 Sheikh Hasina in London cropped.jpg Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina SheikhHasina 100 President: Mohammad Abdul Hamid Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina Chief Justice: Md. Muzammel Hossain (until 16 January), Surendra Kumar Sinha (starting 17 January) Demography + Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2015 https://data.worldbank.org/country/bangladesh World Development Indicators The World Bank 9 Dec 2021 Population, total156,256,287 Population density (per km2)1200.4 Population growth (annual %)1.1% Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)102.8 Urban population (% of total)34.3% Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)19.2 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)5.5 Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)38 Life expectancy at birth, total (years)71.5 Fertility rate, total (births per woman)2.1 Climate Bangladesh in 2015 Yes Yes 17.4 20.2 24.4 26.1 28.4 28.3 27.8 28.1 28.1 26.7 23.1 18.4 24.8 green 10.4 22.3 22.3 245.1 179.6 878.9 566.6 493.4 321.7 86.6 5.1 5.9 2,838. Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA) http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD Climate Change Knowledge Portal The World Bank Group 27 May 2018 27 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201746/http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD dead Economy + Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2015 National Income Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP GDP $195.1 billion BDT15.2 trillion GDP growth (annual %) 6.6% GDP per capita $1,248.5 BDT97,007 Agriculture, value added $28.8 billion BDT2.2 trillion 14.8% Industry, value added $52.3 billion BDT4.1 trillion 26.8% Services, etc., value added $104.8 billion BDT8.1 trillion 53.7% Balance of Payment Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP Current account balance $2.6 billion 1.3% Imports of goods and services $45.6 billion BDT3.8 trillion 24.7% Exports of goods and services $34,969.3 million BDT2.6 trillion 17.3% Foreign direct investment, net inflows $2,831.2 million 1.5% Personal remittances, received $15,295.5 million 7.8% Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $27,493.1 million Total reserves in months of imports 6.8 Note: For the year 2015 average official exchange rate for BDT was 77.95 per US$. Events thumb|Private university students in Uttara, Dhaka protest VAT on tuition fees. 5 January – Bangladeshi police report that two opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists are shot dead in clashes with members of the ruling Awami League in the town of Natore on the first anniversary of disputed general election.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30678474 Bangladesh opposition leader Zia calls for blockade BBC News 5 January 2015 10 January 2015 3 February – In Chuddogram, anti-government protesters firebomb a bus full of sleeping passengers, leaving seven people dead.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/seven-burnt-to-death-after-bus-firebombed-in-bangladesh/6067508 Bangladesh unrest: Seven burnt to death, several injured after bus firebombed ABC News 3 February 2015 1 March 2015 22 February – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River after colliding with a trawler, resulting in the death toll reaching 41.https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/22/asia/bangladesh-ferry-accident/index.html 68 dead in Bangladesh ferry accident CNN 23 February 2015 1 March 2015 25 February – An arrest warrant is issued for Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, after she fails to show up to face graft charges. http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/02/25/arrest-warrants-out-for-khaleda-zia-in-graft-cases Arrest warrants out for Khaleda Zia in graft cases bdnews24.com 27 February – Avijit Roy, an American writer and blogger from Bangladesh, is hacked to death by Islamist attackers in Dhaka. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/11438812/Atheist-US-blogger-hacked-to-death-in-Bangladesh.html Atheist US blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh The Daily Telegraph 6 March – Customs officers at the Shahjalal International Airport catch Son Young Nam, a North Korean diplomat trying to smuggle an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold into Bangladesh. Bangladesh authorities release him. North Korean Diplomat Caught Smuggling $1.4 Million in Gold in Bangladesh https://time.com/3735093/north-korea-diplomat-gold/ Time 12 May 2015 30 March – Another blogger, Washiqur Rahman, was killed in the Tejgaon neighborhood of Dhaka in an attack similar to that perpetrated on Avijit Roy. The police arrested two suspects near the scene and recovered meat cleavers from them.Knife attack kills Bangladesh blogger Washiqur Rahman https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32112433 BBC News 30 March 2015 31 March 2015 11 April – Bangladeshi Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman is executed for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War. Bangladesh war crimes convict Kamaruzzaman executed https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Execution-of-Jamaat-e-Islami-leader-Muhammad-Kamaruzzaman/article60416293.ece The Hindu 11 April 2015 12 May 2015 0971-751X Haroon Habib 12 May – Bangladeshi secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is cut to pieces by a masked gang wielding machetes in the city of Sylhet. He is the third secular blogger to be killed in Bangladesh this year. Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32701001 12 May 2015 29 May- PM Sheikh Hasina is rewarded with the title "Deshratna" by "Jatiyo Nagorik Committee" head Syed Shamsul Haq at Suhrawardy Udyan. 8 July – Thirteen-year-old Sheikh Mohammad Samiul Alam Rajon is lynched in the vicinity of Kumargaon Bus Stand, Sylhet, for allegedly trying to steal a rickshaw van.They turned into animals https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/they-turned-animals-1389925 The Daily Star 12 April 2017 7 August – A gang of about six men armed with machetes attacks Niloy Chatterjee, a blogger, at his home in the Goran neighborhood of Dhaka and hacks him to death.Pokharel Sugam Smith-Spark Laura 7 August 2015 Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Neel hacked to death in latest attack http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/asia/bangladesh-blogger-niloy-neel-killed/index.html CNN 7 August 2015 25–26 August – 2015 Bangladesh–Arakan Army border clash, The Bangladesh Army fends off Arakan Army intruders near the Bangladesh–Myanmar Border causing the intruders to flee.https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/08/26/army-bgb-raid-myanmar-separatists Army, BGB raid Myanmar separatists Dhaka Tribune 8 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907145323/https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/08/26/army-bgb-raid-myanmar-separatists September 7, 2020 6 September – Parliament passes the Financial Reporting Act 2015.JS passes Financial Reporting Bill http://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/public/first-page/js-passes-financial-reporting-bill The Financial Express Dhaka 7 September 2015 27 June 2017 14 September – Proposed 10% VAT on higher education was withdrawn by the cabinet in the aftermath of protests by students of private universities in Bangladesh.Wadud Mushfique Government withdraws VAT on private universities' fees https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20150915193445894 15 September 2015 19 December 2019 University World News 31 October – Faisal Arefin Dipan, the publisher of Jagriti Prakashani, was hacked to death in Dhaka. The attack followed another stabbing, earlier the same day, in which publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury and two writers, Ranadeep Basu and Tareque Rahim, were stabbed in their office at another publishing house. The three men were taken to hospital, and at least one was reported to be in critical condition.31 October 2015 Bangladeshi secular publisher hacked to death https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34688245 BBC News 31 October 2015 22 November – Two top Bangladeshi war criminals are hanged. Bangladesh hangs opposition figures for war crimes http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/bangladesh-executes-opposition-leaders-151121145034814.html Al Jazeera 22 November 2015 Awards and recognitions International recognition Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder of BRAC, wins the World Food Prize.Brac's Sir Fazle Hasan Abed wins 2015 World Food prize for reducing poverty https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/02/brac-sir-fazle-hasan-abed-wins-2015-world-food-prize-reducing-poverty 17 October 2015 The Guardian 2 July 2015 Independence Day Award Recipients Area Note Manik Chowdhury Independence and Liberation War posthumousMamun Mahmud Independence and Liberation War posthumous Shah A M S Kibria Independence and Liberation War posthumousMozaffar Ahmed posthumous Anisuzzaman Literature Abdur Razzak Culture Mohammad Hossain Mondol Research Santosh Gupta Journalism posthumous Ekushey Padak Abdur Rahman Boyati, arts (posthumous) Arup Ratan Choudhury, social service Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, social service SA Abul Hayat, arts Mohammad Nurul Huda, language and literature Kamal Lohani, journalism MA Mannan, education Satya Priya Mahathero, social service Mujibur Rahman Devdas, Liberation War Faridur Reza Sagar, mass media Sanat Kumar Saha, education Pearu Sardar, Language Movement (posthumous) ATM Shamsuzzaman, arts Dwijen Sharma, language and literature Abul Kalam Mohammed Zakaria, research Sports Football: Bangladesh participated in 2015 SAFF Championship held in India. They secured their only victory against Bhutan and exited the tournament from the group stage. After a hiatus of 6 years, the 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup was hosted by Bangladesh in early 2015 with six nations participating.SL confirmed as sixth team http://www.thedailystar.net/sl-confirmed-as-sixth-team-59220 The Daily Star 10 January 2015 10 January 2015 Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh U-23 in the final. This was also the first time the host reached the final of this tournament. Bangladesh youth team then secured the third place in the 1st edition of the SAFF U-20 Championship, an international football competition for men's under-19 national teams organized by SAFF. The tournament was hosted by Nepal from 20 to 29 August. Cricket: Pakistan toured Bangladesh from 15 April to 10 May, to play one Twenty20 International (T20I), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0 after the first Test was drawn, but Bangladesh won the ODI series 3–0, its first ever series win against Pakistan; and Bangladesh also won the sole Twenty20 International played.Schedule for Pakistan's Bangladesh tour confirmed http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/858481.html ESPNcricinfo 26 June 2016 Then the Indian cricket team toured Bangladesh from 10 to 24 June.http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/870531.html Fatullah to host India Test, Mirpur gets ODIs 4 May 2015 ESPNCricinfo The tour consisted of one Test match and three One Day International (ODI) matches. Because of the series taking place during monsoon season, each ODI had a reserve day allocated. The one-off Test finished in a draw and Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1. Later the South African cricket team toured Bangladesh for a two-match International Twenty20 (T20I) series, a three-match One Day International (ODI) series and two Test matches against the Bangladesh national team from 3 July to 3 August. South Africa won Twenty20 International series by 2–0, while, Bangladesh won ODI series by 2–1. The Test series finished with both matches being drawn. The Zimbabwean cricket team toured Bangladesh in November to play 3 ODIs and 2 T20s. Bangladesh secured victory in the ODI series 3–0, but the T20 series was tied 1–1. Deaths 3 January – Jamal Uddin Ahmad politician (b. 1929) 5 January – Mizan Rahman, mathematician (b. 1932) 5 January – Mustafa Kamal, former Chief Justice (b. 1933) 15 January – Anwarul Iqbal former IGP of Police and advisor to caretaker government (b. 1950) 24 January – Arafat Rahman, son of former President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia (b. 1969) 11 April – Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, politician, convicted war-criminal (b. 1952) 5 May – Novera Ahmed, sculptor (b. 1939) 18 May – Hasanuzzaman Khan, journalist (b. 1926) 1 June – Serajur Rahman, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1934) 7 June – Sheikh Razzak Ali, politician (b. 1928) 29 June – Mujibur Rahman, scientist 8 July – Amjad Khan Chowdhury, entrepreneur (b. 1937) 27 August – Kazi Zafar Ahmed, politician (b. 1939) 14 September – Syed Mohsin Ali, politician (b. 1948) 26 October – Dilip Barua, footballer (b. 1946) 14 November – A. K. M. Nurul Islam, politician (b. 1919) 20 November – Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, scientist and former advisor to caretaker government (b. 1948) 22 November – Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1948) 22 November – Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1949) 3 December – Omar Ali, poet (b. 1939) See also 2010s in Bangladesh List of Bangladeshi films of 2015 2014–15 Bangladeshi cricket season 2015–16 Bangladeshi cricket season Timeline of Bangladeshi history References 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh Category:2010s in Bangladesh Category:Years of the 21st century in Bangladesh