1999 in Bangladesh

none January 2020 1999 1999 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 center center Sheikh Hasina in London cropped.jpg Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina SheikhHasina 100 President: Shahabuddin Ahmed Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina Chief Justice: A. T. M. Afzal (until 31 May), Mustafa Kamal (starting 1 June) Demography + Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1999https://data.worldbank.org/country/bangladesh World Development Indicators The World Bank 9 December 2021 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 Climate Bangladesh in 1999 Yes Yes 18.8 22.4 26.2 29.6 28.0 28.5 28.0 27.9 27.7 27.1 23.5 20.2 25.7 green 0.1 0.1 5.4 59.3 322.7 358.2 809.2 431.3 311.9 254.5 16.7 10.2 2,579.8 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 1999 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 -$364.4 million -.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 $1,634.4 million Total reserves in months of imports 2.1 Note: For 1999, the average official exchange rate for BDT was 49.09 per US$. Events 10 January – The World Bank announces that tests on water wells in Bangladesh have shown that about 40% are contaminated with arsenic.Bangladesh arsenic crisis https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/252308.stm BBC News 10 January 1999 30 January – Anwar Hossain, leader of Khulna Jubo League, is shot dead.Amanullah Quazi 27 August 2003 25 political murders in Khulna in last 10yrs https://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/08/27/d30827011212.htm 2024-09-26 The Daily Star 6 March – A terrorist bomb attack on an event of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi in Jessore leaves 10 people dead and around 150 injured.Bangladesh bomb kills nine http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1276726.stm BBC News 19 September 2016 26 March – Zahiruddin Panna, leader of the Khulna Jubo League, is gunned down. 28 May – Veteran Bangladeshi actor-producer Shakib Khan made his debut with the film Ananta Bhalobasha.bn:শাকিব খানের ২০ বছর https://mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=174673 2023-05-24 Manab Zamin bn2021-05-28 bn:অপরিপক্ব, তবে দূরদর্শী ছিলাম: শাকিব https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/dhallywood/অপরিপক্ব-তবে-দূরদর্শী-ছিলাম-শাকিব 2023-05-24 Prothom Alo bn 31 May – Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in a 1999 Cricket World Cup group match.Bangladesh beat the big boys https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/cwc2003/hi/newsid_2490000/newsid_2496500/2496591.stm BBC Sport 10 December 2002 8 October - Another terrorist bomb attack on an Ahmadiyya mosque in Khulna killed 8 and injured 30.Ahsan Shamim The Blame Game Goes on https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/03/02/coverstory.htm Star Magazine 26 November 2016 14 October - The U.N. General Assembly elected Bangladesh to non-permanent membership on the Security Council for 2 year.14 October 1999 UN General Assembly elects 5 to council https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/10/14/UN-General-Assembly-elects-5-to-council/2763939873600/ United Press International United Nations 21 July 2019 17 November – 21 February is declared International Mother Language Day in the 30th General Conference of UNESCO. 11 December - 50 killed as Bangladesh ferry capsizes.11 December 1999 50 killed as Bangladesh ferry capsizes https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/12/11/UPI-SpotlightNEWLN50-killed-as-Bangladesh-ferry-capsizes/9470944888400/ United Press International Dhaka, Bangladesh 21 July 2019 Awards and recognitions International recognition Angela Gomes, the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization Banchte Shekha, was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award.http://rmaward.asia/awardees/country/bangladesh/ 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 Independence Day Award Recipients Area Note Mazharul Islam architecture Fazlur Rahman Khan architecture posthumous Mohammad Kibria fine arts Sikandar Abu Zafar literature posthumous Brojen Das sports Begum Badrunnesa Ahmed social work Kalim Sharafi music A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim education A. F. Salahuddin Ahmed education Abdus Samad Azad liberation war Rashiduddin Ahmad medical science A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-am-harun-ar-rashid-212839 Prof. a.m. Harun-ar-Rashid 5 February 2016 16 February 2016 The Daily Star 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)https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/03/02/coverstory.htm Dhaka Club honours Ekushey Padak recipients The Daily Star 22 February 2009 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 in the fifth position in the overall points table.South Asian Games http://www.ocasia.org/Game/RegionalGames?RegionalGamesID=7 Olympic Council of Asia 16 July 2019 International football: Bangladesh participated in the 1999 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup held in Goa, India, where they lost to India in the final. The 2nd season of the Bangabandhu Cup was held in Dhaka from 27 August 1999 to 7 September 1999. Japan League XI went on to win the cup after defeating the Ghana U–23 team in the finals.Morrison Neil Bangabandhu Cup 1999 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bangabandhu99.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 29 January 2015 Domestic football: Mohammedan SC won the 1999 Dhaka Premier Division League title while Abahani Ltd. became runner-up.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bangchamp.html List of Champions Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 16 October 2018 Abahani Ltd. won the title of Bangladesh Federation Cup while Muktijoddha Sangsad KC became runner-up.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bangcuphist.html Bangladesh – List of Cup Winners Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 30 October 2018 Cricket: 120px|thumb|right|Khaled Mahmud 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 the 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England from 14 May to 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, the 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 that were drawn. England A won the limited-overs match by 5 wickets. The National Cricket League was launched in November 1999. Births 10 September – Mahbubur Rahman Sufil, footballer 7 October – Mabia Akhter, weightlifter Deaths 27 January – Satya Saha, composer and musician (b. 1934)https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/news/20th-death-anniversary-satya-saha-1693750 20th death anniversary of Satya Saha 28 January 2019 Daily Star 25 January 2021 24 February – Ahmed Sharif, educationist, writer, and scholar of medieval Bengali literature (b. 1921) 18 July – Syed Najmuddin Hashim, journalist, politician and writer (b. 1925) 18 October – Mahanambrata Brahmachari, Hindu monk (b. 1904) 1 November – Dewan Mohammad Azraf, philosopher and author (b. 1908)https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-208765 Prof Azraf's anniversary of death today The Daily Star en 2011-11-01 2019-07-15 20 November – Sufia Kamal, poet (b. 1911)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 28 November – Abdur Razzaq, national professor (b. 1914) See also 1990s in Bangladesh List of Bangladeshi films of 1999 Timeline of Bangladeshi history References 1999