2005 in Bangladesh

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2005th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 5th year of the 3rd millennium, the 5th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2000s decade.

← 2004 2003 2002 2005 in Bangladesh → 2006 2007 2008
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2005 List of years in Bangladesh

The year 2005 was the 34th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fifth year of the third term of the government of Khaleda Zia.

Incumbents

Khaleda
Zia

• President: Iajuddin Ahmed
• Prime Minister: Khaleda Zia
• Chief Justice: Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain

Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2005[1]

Population, total	143,431,101
Population density (per km^2)	1,101.9
Population growth (annual %)	1.5%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	103.8
Urban population (% of total)	26.8%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	24.2
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	6.2
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	66.5
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	67.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	2.7

Climate

Climate data for Bangladesh in 2005
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Daily mean °C (°F)	18.6 (65.5)	22.0 (71.6)	25.7 (78.3)	28.0 (82.4)	28.2 (82.8)	29.3 (84.7)	28.1 (82.6)	28.4 (83.1)	28.2 (82.8)	26.8 (80.2)	23.1 (73.6)	20.3 (68.5)	25.6 (78.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	13.4 (0.53)	7.3 (0.29)	50.8 (2.00)	122.9 (4.84)	229.1 (9.02)	254.5 (10.02)	402.2 (15.83)	232.3 (9.15)	285.1 (11.22)	187.1 (7.37)	1.9 (0.07)	0.9 (0.04)	1,787.5 (70.38)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2005[1]

National Income
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$69.4 billion	BDT4.3 trillion
GDP growth (annual %)	6.5%
GDP per capita	$484.2	BDT29,776
Agriculture, value added	$12.9 billion	BDT0.8 trillion	19.6%
Industry, value added	$16.2 billion	BDT1.0 trillion	24.6%
Services, etc., value added	$36.7 billion	BDT2.3 trillion	55.8%
Balance of Payment
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
Current account balance	$0.5 billion		.7%
Imports of goods and services	$15.1 billion	BDT0.9 trillion	20.0%
Exports of goods and services	$11,187.1 million	BDT0.6 trillion	14.4%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows	$760.5 million		1.1%
Personal remittances, received	$4,642.4 million		6.7%

Events

• 11 January – Bangladesh register their first Test match victory against Zimbabwe.[3]
• 27 January – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister Shah A M S Kibria is assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at Habiganj.[4]
• 25 February – Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were ambushed and at least nine were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5]
• 11 April – A nine-story commercial building collapsed due to a structural failure leading to 73 deaths in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka.[6][7]
• 23 April – Protests erupt in the city of Bogra against the Ahmadiya community.[8]
• 18 June – Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions Australia.[9]
• 17 August – a series of bomb blasts are detonated simultaneously across 63 of 64 districts in Bangladesh.[10]
• 3 October – A series of synchronized bombing targeted courts in Chandpur, Chittagong, and Lakshmipur and resulted in 2 deaths and 34 injuries. It was carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, an Islamist terrorist organisation, that opposed secular judiciary and legal system in Bangladesh.[11]
• 14 November – Two senior assistant judges are killed in the bombing of a car transporting Judges to the District Court of Jhalakathi. Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group, led by Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman (also known as Bangla Bhai).[12]
• 29 November – Another series of simultaneous suicide bombing of courts in Chittagong and Gazipur is carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, killed 8 people and injured over 100.[13]
• 8 December – A bomb attack at a meeting of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi in Netrokona results in the deaths of eight people.[14]

Awards and recognitions

Matiur Rahman

International Recognition

• Matiur Rahman, the Editor of Daily Prothom Alo, was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award.[15]

Independence Day Award

Recipients	Area	Note
Mujibul Huq
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh		institution

Ekushey Padak

1. Saifur Rahman (language movement)
2. Khandaker Delwar Hossain (language movement)
3. Syed Mujtaba Ali (literature)
4. Abdullah Abu Sayeed (education)
5. Iqbal Mahmud (education)
6. Zubaida Gulshan Ara (literature)
7. Mohammad Abdul Gafur (language movement)
8. Abu Saleh (literature)
9. Ashab Uddin Ahmed (literature)
10. Chittaranjan Saha (education)
11. Srimat Bishuddh-ananda Mahathero (social service)
12. Bashir Ahmed (music)
13. Apel Mahmood (music)
14. Md Mashir Hossain (journalism)

Sports

• International football:
  • Bangladesh lost to India in the final of the 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup to become runner up in the 8 nation tournament held in Pakistan.
  • Bangladesh also became runner up in Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup held in Myanmar.
• Domestic football:
  • Dhaka Mohammedan won National Football Championship while Dhaka Abahani became runner-up.[16]
• Cricket:
  • 

    Mohammad Ashraful
    The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in January 2005 to play two Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1-0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.[17]
  • The Bangladesh national cricket team toured England for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh played two Test matches against England, which the hosts won comfortably. Later Bangladesh took on England and Australia in the tri-nations NatWest Series, where they pulled off a stunning 5-wicket upset victory over Australia, the world champions. In 18 June match, Australia scored 249 in 50 overs and then Bangladesh won with 4 balls to spare, after a century by Mohammad Ashraful. Bangladesh were knocked out of the tournament after three subsequent losses.
  • Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.

Deaths

• 27 January – Shah A M S Kibria, economist, diplomat and politician (b. 1931)[18]
• 4 March – Serajul Huq, academician (b. 1905)
• 29 March – Khalid Hassan Milu, singer (b. 1960)
• 27 April – Abdus Samad Azad, politician (b. 1922)
• 8 May – Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury, cinematographer (b. 1940)
• 18 July – Abdur Rahman, actor (b. 1937)[19]
• 17 November – Gautam Das, journalist and bureau chief for Dainik Samakal in Faridpur (born c.1978; murdered)[20]

See also

• 2000s in Bangladesh
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2005
• 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. "Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 2005". BBC Sport.
4. "Grenades kill Bangladesh lawmaker". CNN.
5. "U.N. troops 'die in Congo ambush'". CNN. 25 February 2005.
6. Davelaar, Geertjan (1 April 2005). "Factory collapsed – Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
7. Islam, Shariful; Ashraf, Shamim (12 April 2005). "9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
8. "Protests rise against Muslim sect". BBC News.
9. "Bangladesh humble sorry Australia". BBC Sport.
10. "Bombs explode across Bangladesh". BBC News.
11. "Trail of terror attacks". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
12. "Bangladesh: JMB leader hanged for killing two judges". India.com. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
13. "97 held over Bangladesh bombings". CNN. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
14. Riaz, Ali (2008). Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web. Notes: Routledge. ISBN 9780415451727. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
15. "Awardees who worked in Bangladesh". Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
16. "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
17. Rabeed Imam. "When everything fell in place". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
18. "Ten charged with Bangladesh murder". BBC News. 21 March 2005.
19. "Bangla film hero Rahman passes away". bdnews24.com. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
20. "Journalist Gautam Das 9th death anniversary". risingbd.com. 17 November 2013.