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2014 (MMXIV ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE ) and Anno Domini AD ) designations, the 14th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.
Calendar year
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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Sheikh
Demography
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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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Climate data for Bangladesh in 2014
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Daily mean °C (°F)
16.8
18.8
24.3
28.3
28.6
28.0
28.5
27.9
27.8
26.4
22.5
18.3
24.7
Average precipitation mm (inches)
0.7
35.6
14.0
61.5
173.9
333.0
385.1
474.1
335.7
57.8
0.9
0.5
1,872.8
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]
Flood
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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.[3]
Economy
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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
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5 January - General election in Bangladesh goes on per schedule in spite of boycott from the major opposition parties.[4] 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.[5]
15 May - A ferry sinks on the Meghna River in Munshiganj District resulting in at least 12 deaths and hundreds missing.[6]
16 May - The ferry that sank on the Meghna River's death toll increased to 25.[6]
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.[7]
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 .[8]
4 August - A ferry carrying about 200 passengers capsizes on the Padma River in Munshiganj District.[9]
5 August - Rescuers struggle to locate a sunken ferry in the Padma River leaving at least two people dead and many more missing.[10]
27 August - Popular Islamic preacher and TV personality Nurul Islam Farooqi killed by unknown assailants in 2014.[11]
20 October - A collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway leaves at least 30 people dead.[12]
Awards and Recognitions
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Independence Day Award
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Ekushey Padak
[ edit ] Winners of Ekushey Padak 2014
Badrul Alam , Language Movement (posthumous)
Biprodas Barua , language and literature
Belal Chowdhury , language and literature
Jamil Chowdhury , language and literature
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury , arts
Ramkanai Das , arts
Rashid Haider , language and literature
Shamsul Huda , Language Movement
Enamul Huq , research[13]
Keramat Moula , arts
Mujibur Rahman , social service
Golam Sarwar , journalism
Anupam Sen , education
Abdus Shakur , language and literature (posthumous)
SM Solaiman , arts (posthumous)
Sports
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Deaths
[ edit ] Muhammad Habibur Rahman
11 January - Muhammad Habibur Rahman , former Chief Justice and Chief Adviser of the 1996 caretaker government (b. 1928)
9 February - Fazal Shahabuddin , poet (b. 1926)
10 February - Rangalal Sen , national professor (b. 1933)
9 April - A. B. M. Musa , journalist (b. 1931)
10 June - Abdul Karim Shah , folk singer (b. 1927)
15 June - Fazlul Karim , academician (b. 1925)
29 June - Abul Hussain , poet (b. 1922)
31 August - Abdul Alim , politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1930)
5 September - Ramkanai Das , folk singer (b. 1935)
9 September - Firoza Begum , singer (b. 1930)
3 October - Kazi Morshed , film director (b. 1950)
23 October - Ghulam Azam , Islamist politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1922)
10 November - Syed Mainul Hossain , architect (b. 1952)
11 November - Zillur Rahman Siddiqui , author and educationist (b. 1928)
30 November - Qayyum Chowdhury , painter (b. 1932)
7 December - Khalil Ullah Khan , actor (b. 1934)
20 December - Maqsudul Alam , scientist (b. 1954)
See also
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References
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^ "Bangladesh: Floods - Aug 2014" . ReliefWeb. Retrieved 18 December 2019 .
^ "Clashes and boycott mar Bangladesh election" . BBC News . 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "Bangladesh fire disaster factory owners surrender to police" . Deutsche Welle . 9 February 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ a b "Bangladesh ferry sinking death toll at 25" . SBS . 16 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "54 confirmed dead as MV Miraj-4 ferry capsizes in Bangladesh" . 17 May 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "U.N. tribunal rules for Bangladesh in sea border dispute with India" . Reuters . 8 July 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "Bangladesh ferry capsizes on River Padma near Dhaka" . BBC News . 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "Bangladesh rescuers struggle to find sunken ferry" . 5 August 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ "Faruqi killing: Wahabi, Moududi followers blamed" . Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 14 March 2016 .
^ "Bus crash kills 30 in Bangladesh" . The Australian . 20 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015 .
^ সংস্কৃতি : প্রফেসর ডক্টর এনামুল হক Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017 .
^ "Athletes" . The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014 .
^ "Asia Cup set for February 24-March 7" . Cricinfo . Retrieved 18 September 2013 .
^ "Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series, 2014/15" . Retrieved 26 June 2016 .
^ "Zimbabwe in Bangladesh ODI Series, 2014/15" . Retrieved 26 June 2016 .
^ "Hockey: Oman to face Thailand in Junior AHF Cup opener" . Times of Oman . Retrieved 9 December 2019 .
^ "Bangladesh clinch AHF Cup title" . The Daily Observer . Retrieved 9 December 2019 .
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