1982 in Bangladesh

1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.

← 1981 1980 1979 1982 in Bangladesh → 1983 1984 1985
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1982 List of years in Bangladesh

The year 1982 was the 11th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the Government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Incumbents

H. M.
Ershad

• President:
  • until 24 March: Abdus Sattar
  • 24 – 27 March: Hussain Muhammad Ershad
  • starting 27 March: A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
• Prime Minister: Shah Azizur Rahman (until 24 March)
• Chief Justice: Kemaluddin Hossain (until 12 April), F.K.M. Munim (starting 12 April)

Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1982[1]

Population, total	86,007,331
Population density (per km^2)	660.7
Population growth (annual %)	2.7%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	104.3
Urban population (% of total)	16.2%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	42.5
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	13.5
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	189.2
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	54.3
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	6.1

Climate

Climate data for Bangladesh in 1982
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	19. (66)	20.4 (68.7)	23.7 (74.7)	26.8 (80.2)	29.1 (84.4)	28. (82)	28.6 (83.5)	27.9 (82.2)	28.3 (82.9)	27. (81)	22.7 (72.9)	18.9 (66.0)	25. (77)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	.4 (0.02)	16.7 (0.66)	42.5 (1.67)	165.8 (6.53)	177.9 (7.00)	392. (15.4)	386. (15.2)	581. (22.9)	269.5 (10.61)	41.2 (1.62)	37.6 (1.48)	3.6 (0.14)	2,114.2 (83.24)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1982[1]

National Income
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$18.5 billion	BDT371.2 billion
GDP growth (annual %)	2.1%
GDP per capita	$215.4	BDT4,316
Agriculture, value added	$6.0 billion	BDT119.5 billion	33.0%
Industry, value added	$3.7 billion	BDT74.4 billion	20.5%
Services, etc., value added	$8.4 billion	BDT168.5 billion	46.5%
Balance of Payment
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
Current account balance	-$500.7 million		-2.7%
Imports of goods and services	$2,660.8 million	BDT57.7 billion	15.5%
Exports of goods and services	$986.6 million	BDT18.8 billion	5.1%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows	$7.0 million		0.0%
Personal remittances, received	$526.5 million		2.8%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end	$208.5 million
Total reserves in months of imports	0.9

Note: For the year 1982 average official exchange rate for BDT was 22.12 per US$.

Events

• 24 March - Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad assumes power through a bloodless coup.[3]
• 26 June - Bangladesh adopts standards of weights and measures based on metric system.[4]
• 4 October - Bangladesh signs with India a memorandum of understanding on water sharing for two years.[5]
• Bangladesh enacted the National Drug Policy which helped develop the drug manufacturing industry in Bangladesh.[6]
• The Upazila Parishad law known as the Local Government (Thana Parishad and Thana Reorganization) Ordinance 1982 provided for a directly elected chairman based on one man one vote principle. The local level government functionaries were made non-voting members while the elected union parishad chairmen became members with voting rights.

Independence Day Award

Recipients	Area	Note
M. A. Rashid	education	posthumous
Kazi Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain	social work	posthumous
Syed Murtaza Ali	literature	posthumous
Anwarul Haque	fine arts	posthumous
Begum Feroza Bari	social service

Ekushey Padak

1. Syed Ali Ahsan (literature)
2. Abul Hasan (literature)
3. Talim Hossain (literature)
4. Abdul Hakim (education)
5. Ful Mohammad (music)
6. SM Sultan (fine arts)
7. G A Mannan (literature)
8. Sanaullah Nuri (journalism)

Sports

• Domestic football:
  • Mohammedan SC won Dhaka League title while Abahani KC became runner-up.[7]
  • Mohammedan SC and Abahani KC jointly won the title of Bangladesh Federation Cup.[8]

Births

• 2 June – Topu, singer[9]
• 15 June– Abdur Razzak, cricketer
• 27 October– Wasfia Nazreen, mountaineer and activist
• 25 December – Tapash Baisya, cricketer

Deaths

• 16 February – Enamul Haque, writer (b. 1902)
• 27 March – Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect (b. 1929)
• 5 May – Phuljhuri Khan, instrumentalist (b. 1920)[10]

See also

• 1980s in Bangladesh
• Timeline of Bangladeshi history

References

1. "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
3. "Country profile: Bangladesh". BBC News.
4. "The Standards of Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1982" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Land Reforms, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
5. Haq, Enamul (2012). "Ganges Water Sharing". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
6. "Health, Nutrition & Population Programme Proposal (HNPPP)". Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2008.
7. "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
8. "Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners". Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
9. "Topu says". bdnewslive.com. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
10. Khan, Mobarak Hossain (2012). "Khan, Ustad Phuljhuri". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.