1981 in Bangladesh

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1981
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Bangladesh

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See also:Other events of 1981
List of years in Bangladesh

1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.

The year 1981 was the 10th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the last year of the Government of Ziaur Rahman and the first year of the Government of President Abdus Sattar

Incumbents

President Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur
Rahman

Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1981[1]
Population, total 83,721,268
Population density (per sq. km) 643.2
Population growth (annual %) 2.7%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 104.2
Urban population (% of total) 15.8%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 43.1
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 13.9
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 194
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 53.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 6.2

Climate

Climate data for Bangladesh in 1981
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1)
20.7
(69.3)
24.2
(75.6)
25.7
(78.3)
27.1
(80.8)
28.5
(83.3)
27.7
(81.9)
28.5
(83.3)
27.9
(82.2)
27.2
(81.0)
23.4
(74.1)
19.1
(66.4)
24.9
(76.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23.7
(0.93)
28.7
(1.13)
81.5
(3.21)
396.3
(15.60)
277.8
(10.94)
328.8
(12.94)
750.8
(29.56)
351.7
(13.85)
287.9
(11.33)
23.
(0.9)
2.5
(0.10)
46.2
(1.82)
2,598.8
(102.31)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1981[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $20.2 billion BDT330.9 billion
GDP growth (annual %) 7.2%
GDP per capita $241.9 BDT3,952
Agriculture, value added $6.6 billion BDT108.2 billion 33.6%
Industry, value added $4.0 billion BDT65.5 billion 20.3%
Services, etc., value added $9.1 billion BDT148.7 billion 46.1%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance -$1,016.6 million -5.0%
Imports of goods and services $2,898.3 million BDT46.7 billion 14.1%
Exports of goods and services $1,001.6 million BDT17.0 billion 5.1%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows NA 0.0%
Personal remittances, received $5.4 million 1.9%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $381.1 million
Total reserves in months of imports 0.6

Note: For the year 1981 average official exchange rate for BDT was 17.99 per US$.

Events

  • 17 May - Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned from India after more than five years exile that began after his assassination. More than one million of her supporters turned out to welcome her return, and she urged the nation to work toward restoring democracy.[3]
  • 30 May - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, was assassinated as he spent the night in Chittagong. Taking place at 4:00 am local time, the attack was planned by Major General Muhammed Manzur. Lt. Col. Motiur Rahman shot and killed the pajama-clad President Ziaur.[4]
  • 15 November - Abdus Sattar was confirmed as President of Bangladesh in an election suspected of being rigged. Running on the Nationalist Party ticket as one of 23 candidates, Sattar, who had been the acting President since the May 30 assassination of Ziaur Rahman, officially received 14,217,601 votes, nearly two-thirds of those cast, while runner up Kamal Hossain of the Awami League got 5,694,884.[5]

Sports

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Of Bangladesh (Anmol Publications, 2003) p109
  4. ^ William B. Milam, Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia (Columbia University Press, 2009) pp. 61–62.
  5. ^ "Sattar wins in Bangladesh", New London (CT) Day, November 17, 1981, p13
  6. ^ "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners". Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  8. ^ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November, 1994.



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