2006 in Bangladesh

none January 2021 2006 2006 The year 2006 was the 35th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was the last year of the rule of BNP led by Khaleda Zia and also the first year of the regime of the fourth caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed. Incumbents center center Begum Zia Book-opening Ceremony, 1 Mar, 2010.jpg Prime Minister Khaleda Zia KhaledaZia 99 President: Iajuddin Ahmed Prime Minister: Khaleda Zia (until 29 October), Iajuddin Ahmed (starting 29 October) Chief Justice: Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain Demography + Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2006https://data.worldbank.org/country/bangladesh World Development Indicators The World Bank 9 Dec 2021 Population, total140,921,154 Population density (per km2)1082.6 Population growth (annual %)1.3% Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)104.7 Urban population (% of total)27.5% Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)23.4 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)6.1 Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)61 Life expectancy at birth, total (years)68.2 Fertility rate, total (births per woman)2.6 Climate Bangladesh in 2006 Yes Yes 19.2 23.7 26.1 27.8 28.4 28.5 28.4 28.3 28.5 27.5 23.9 20.6 25.9 green 0.0 3.9 5.9 380.5 135.7 239.2 447.3 286.3 343.8 75.6 24.7 1.9 1,944.9 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 2006 National Income Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP GDP $71.8 billion BDT4.8 trillion GDP growth (annual %) 6.7% GDP per capita $509.6 BDT34,227 Agriculture, value added $13.0 billion BDT0.9 trillion 18.0% Industry, value added $17.3 billion BDT1.2 trillion 24.1% Services, etc., value added $37.9 billion BDT2.5 trillion 52.7% Balance of Payment Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP Current account balance $1.2 billion 1.7% Imports of goods and services $16.8 billion BDT1.0 trillion 21.8% Exports of goods and services $12,887.5 million BDT0.8 trillion 16.4% Foreign direct investment, net inflows $456.5 million 0.6% Personal remittances, received $5,427.5 million 7.6% Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $3,877.2 million Total reserves in months of imports 2.6 Note: For the year 2006 average official exchange rate for BDT was 68.93 per US$. Events thumb|Zia with the then Leader of Opposition of India Shri L.K. Advani in New Delhi (2006) 3 January – Security forces captured three Arakan rebels and seized arms and ammunition, including light machine gun, AK47 and M16 automatic rifles, from a den in the remote forests of Naikkhongchhari in Bandarban District.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/01/04/d6010401011.htm Huge arms haul in Bandarban forest The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2004-04-15 23 January – Seven people were killed and more than a hundred injured, when police opened fire to disperse a mob in Kansat Bazar in Chapainawabganj District. The firing took place when locals were demonstrating for the release of three leaders of Palli Bidyut Sangram Committee (PBSC), an organisation of local electricity subscribers, arrested in connection with 4 January violence in the area which left 2 dead.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/01/24/d6012401011.htm 7 killed as cops fire on electricity hungry mob The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-01-24 12 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210212170742/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/01/24/d6012401011.htm dead 23 February – At least 54 people died from a fire incident at a composite textile factory that also had a garment section in Chittagong.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/25/d6022501011.htm Ctg RMG factory fire toll 54, many still unaccounted for The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-02-25 2 March – Terrorist leader Shaykh Abdur Rahman is captured.Riaz Ali Ali Riaz Islamist militancy in Bangladesh: a complex web https://books.google.com/books?id=vtB1NN1vwoEC&pg=PA93 2008 Routledge 978-0-415-45172-7 93 6 March – Terrorist leader Siddique ul-Islam is captured.Top Bangladesh militant captured: police http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/06/content_527166.htm China Daily Reuters 6 March 2006 24 April – A PT-6 training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force crashes in Jhenaidah District, killing the 20-year-old trainee pilot Taniul Islam.BAF trainee pilot killed as aircraft nosedives http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/04/25/d6042501022.htm The Daily Star 25 April 2006 24 June – The remains of Matiur Rahman, a recipient of the Bir Sreshtho, killed in action during the Liberation War of 1971, are brought back to Bangladesh.Abbas Zaffar 20 April 2006 Bengali hero's remains given back http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4928268.stm BBC News 18 June 2015 21 August – Dawra degree of Qawmi Madrasah gets recognition as equivalent to master's degree.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/22/d6082201011.htm Qawami madrasa degree gets master's status The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-08-22 27 August – At least seven people were killed and about 300 injured as police and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) opened fire on demonstrators advancing towards the office of Asia Energy Corporation (Bangladesh) Pvt Ltd in Dinajpur District protesting adverse impact on the local community due to open pit coal extraction method of proposed Phulbari project.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/08/27/d6082701011.htm Asia Energy Coal Mine Protest The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-08-28 19 September – At least 25 people were killed and thousands went missing when a violent storm hit the country's coastal belt.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/21/d6092101011.htm 25 killed as storm lashes coastal belt The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-09-21 20 September – Severe power crisis practically paralyzed the country.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/20/d6092001011.htm Country reels from outage onslaught The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-09-20 28 October – Six people are killed and 100s injured as the Government prepares to hand over power to Justice K M Hasan ahead of elections amid protests from opposition who view Hasan unfit for the role.https://www.smh.com.au/world/six-dead-in-bangladesh-protests-20061028-gdopd3.html Six dead in Bangladesh protests The Sydney Morning Herald 2019-09-05 2006-10-28 29 October - President Iajuddin Ahmed assumed the office of chief adviser to the non-party caretaker government in addition to his presidential responsibilities as Justice Hasan refuses to take the role.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/10/30/d6103001011.htm President sworn in as chief of caretaker govt The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-10-30 12 November – A non-stop countrywide blockade enforced by the Awami League-led 14-party alliance begins amid heightened tension as the deadline given to the president/chief adviser for implementing the alliance's demands including change of the chief election commissioner.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/12/d6111201011.htm Non-stop blockade begins amid massive security steps The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-11-12 9 December – President and CA Iajuddin Ahmed ordered army deployment in aid of the civil administration to maintain law and order ahead of the forthcoming general election.http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/12/10/d6121001011.htm President orders army deployment The Daily Star 2019-09-05 2006-12-10 Awards and recognitions thumb|right| Yunus at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway International recognition On 13 October, Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create economic and social development from below".13 October 2006 The Nobel Peace Prize for 2006 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/press.html Oslo Nobelprize.org Yunus was the first Bangladeshi to ever get a Nobel Prize. After receiving the news of the important award, Yunus announced that he would use part of his share of the $1.4 million (equivalent to $US 1.4 2006 2 million in US) award money to create a company to make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor; while the rest would go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh.Yunus wins peace Nobel for anti-poverty efforts https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15246216 Associated Press 13 October 2006 16 August 2007 Independence Day Award Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh Betar were awarded for their social work and contribution in the war of liberation respectively.Rahman Syedur Historical dictionary of Bangladesh 2010 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6766-6 356 4th https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000rahm/page/356/mode/1up registration Ekushey Padak Aftab Ahmed, photography Jasimuddin Ahmed, education M. Asaduzzaman, education Sukomal Barua, education Anwara Begum, education Shahadat Chowdury, journalism (posthumous) Nurul Islam, literature (posthumous) Anwaruddin Khan, music (posthumous) Gaziul Hasan Khan, journalism Hamiduzzaman Khan, sculpture Abul Kalam Monjur Morshed, literature Rawshan Ara Mustafiz, music Fatema Tuz Zohra, music Sports Asian Games: Bangladesh participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar. Bangladesh national kabaddi team won bronze medal in kabaddi. Commonwealth Games: Bangladesh participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia. Shooter Asif Hossain Khan and Anjan Kumer Singha won silver medal in Men's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs). South Asian (Federation) Games: Bangladesh participated in the 2006 South Asian Federation Games held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 18 August to 28 August. With 3 golds, 15 silvers and 32 bronzes Bangladesh ended the tournament at the sixth position in overall points table.South Asian Games http://www.ocasia.org/Game/RegionalGames?RegionalGamesID=7 Olympic Council of Asia 16 July 2019 Football: The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. Bangladesh defeated Cambodia, Guam and drew with Palestine to reach the knock-out round, but then left the tournament after losing to eventual champion Tajikistan. Cricket: Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in February. They whitewashed the hosts in Test series and won the ODI series 2–1. Kenya toured Bangladesh in March. This time the hosts whitewashed the visitors in a 4 match ODI series. Then, Australia toured Bangladesh in April and whitewashed the hosts in both Test and ODI series. In August Bangladesh toured Zimbabwe and lost to the hosts ina 5 match ODI series at 2–3 margin. Zimbabwe visited Bangladesh for a return tour in November–December when Bangladesh managed to whitewash them in the 5 match ODI series. Chess: Grandmaster Reefat Bin-Sattar earned his GM title. Deaths more deaths Deaths in 2006 21 January – Shamsul Islam Khan, artist and entrepreneur (b. 1926). 19 March – Kazi Golam Mahbub, activist and politician (b. 1927). 11 May – Humayun Khan Panni, politician (b. 1921). 30 May – Husna Banu Khanam, educationist, musician and journalist (b. 1922). 1 July – Shaukat Ali Khan, lawyer and politician (b. 1926).https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/legacy-great-lawyer-1536547 Legacy of a great lawyer 19 February 2018 The Daily Star en 13 March 2019 15 September – Nitun Kundu, artist and entrepreneur (b. 1935). 26 September – Aftab Ahmed, academician (b. 1949). 7 October – Nurul Islam, broadcaster (b. 1928). 10 October – Sheikh Akijuddin, entrepreneur (b. 1929). 31 December – Shefali Ghosh, music artist (b. 1941). See also 2000s in Bangladesh List of Bangladeshi films of 2006 Timeline of Bangladeshi history References 2006 in