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The year 2014 was the 43rd year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the third term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.

Incumbents

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Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2014[1]
Population, total 154,517,385
Population density (per km2) 1187.0
Population growth (annual %) 1.1%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 102.9
Urban population (% of total) 33.5%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 19.5
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 5.6
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 40
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 71.2
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2.2

Climate

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Flood

Continuous rainfall in north and northeastern Bangladesh caused flash floods in low-lying and densely populated areas in August. By the beginning of September, the number of affected people increased to 2.8 million. Bogra, Kurigram, Jamalpur, Netrokona, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Naogaon, Brahmanbaria, and Mymensingh were the affected districts.[2]

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2014[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $172.9 billion BDT13.4 trillion
GDP growth (annual %) 6.1%
GDP per capita $1,118.9 BDT86,959
Agriculture, value added $26.5 billion BDT2.1 trillion 15.4%
Industry, value added $45.5 billion BDT3.5 trillion 26.3%
Services, etc., value added $92.7 billion BDT7.2 trillion 53.6%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance $0.8 billion .4%
Imports of goods and services $45.2 billion BDT3.4 trillion 25.5%
Exports of goods and services $33,057.2 million BDT2.6 trillion 19.0%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows $2,539.2 million 1.5%
Personal remittances, received $14,987.5 million 8.7%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $22,319.8 million
Total reserves in months of imports 5.6

Note: For the year 2014 average official exchange rate for BDT was 77.64 per US$.

Events

  • 5 January - General election in Bangladesh goes on per schedule in spite of boycott from the major opposition parties.[3] The incumbent Bangladesh Awami League won the election with a safe majority, winning 234 seats.
  • 9 February - The owners of Tazreen Fashions, Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter, hand themselves in to face charges of murder in relation to the death of 112 workers in a factory fire in Dhaka in November 2012.[4]
  • 15 May - A ferry sinks on the Meghna River in Munshiganj District resulting in at least 12 deaths and hundreds missing.[5]
  • 16 May - The ferry that sank on the Meghna River's death toll increased to 25.[5]
  • 17 May - Officials call off rescue operations as 54 dead bodies recovered with an unknown number of people missing in a ferry disaster in the Meghna River.[6]
  • 8 July - The United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration rules in favour of Bangladesh in a border dispute with India over the Bay of Bengal.[7]
  • 4 August - A ferry carrying about 200 passengers capsizes on the Padma River in Munshiganj District.[8]
  • 5 August - Rescuers struggle to locate a sunken ferry in the Padma River leaving at least two people dead and many more missing.[9]
  • 27 August - Popular Islamic preacher and TV personality Nurul Islam Farooqi killed by unknown assailants in 2014.[10]
  • 20 October - A collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway leaves at least 30 people dead.[11]

Awards and Recognitions

Independence Day Award

Recipients Area Note
Mohammad Abul Khayer independence and liberation war posthumous
Munsi Kabir Uddin Ahmed independence and liberation war posthumous
Kazi Azizul Islam independence and liberation war posthumous
Lt Col (retd) Abu Osman Chowdhury independence and liberation war posthumous
Khasruzzaman Chowdhury independence and liberation war posthumous
Shahid SBM Mizanur Rahman independence and liberation war posthumous
Mohammad Haris Ali independence and liberation war posthumous
M Quamruzzaman education
Qayyum Chowdhury culture
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) research and training

Ekushey Padak

Winners of Ekushey Padak 2014
Winners of Ekushey Padak 2014
  1. Badrul Alam, Language Movement (posthumous)
  2. Biprodas Barua, language and literature
  3. Belal Chowdhury, language and literature
  4. Jamil Chowdhury, language and literature
  5. Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, arts
  6. Ramkanai Das, arts
  7. Rashid Haider, language and literature
  8. Shamsul Huda, Language Movement
  9. Enamul Huq, research[12]
  10. Keramat Moula, arts
  11. Mujibur Rahman, social service
  12. Golam Sarwar, journalism
  13. Anupam Sen, education
  14. Abdus Shakur, language and literature (posthumous)
  15. SM Solaiman, arts (posthumous)

Sports

Deaths

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Muhammad Habibur Rahman

See also

References

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