2018 in Bangladesh

2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.

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Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2018 List of years in Bangladesh

The year 2018 was the 47th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fifth year of the third term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.

Incumbents

Abdul
Hamid

Sheikh
Hasina

Shirin
Sharmin

• President: Abdul Hamid
• Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
• Chief Justice: Syed Mahmud Hossain
• Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2018[1]

Population, total	159,670,593
Population density (per sq. km)	1,226.6
Population growth (annual %)	1.1%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	102.6
Urban population (% of total)	35.9%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	18.5
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	5.5
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	31.9
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	72.1
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	2.1

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2018[1]

National Income
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$249.7 billion	BDT19.8 trillion
GDP growth (annual %)	7.3%
GDP per capita	$1,564.0	BDT123,743
Agriculture, value added	$33.5 billion	BDT2.7 trillion	13.4%
Industry, value added	$69.3 billion	BDT5.5 trillion	27.8%
Services, etc., value added	$.0 billion	BDT0.0 trillion	.0%
Balance of Payment
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
Current account balance	-$6.0 billion		-2.4%
Imports of goods and services	$56.8 billion	BDT4.0 trillion	20.3%
Exports of goods and services	$39,170.4 million	BDT3.0 trillion	15.0%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows	$1,810.4 million		0.7%
Personal remittances, received	$13,501.9 million		5.4%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end	$33,431.5 million
Total reserves in months of imports	6.8

Note: For the year 2018 average official exchange rate for BDT was 80.44 per US$.

Events

• 10 January - Tablighi Jamaat holds a mass blockade protesting against and preventing the entry of Indian Scholar Maulana Saad Kandhalvi to the holy Islamic gathering for the Bishwa Ijtema, who is forced to return home in face of the protests.[2]
• 8 February - Ex Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia as per court verdict is jailed for 5 years in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case. She is imprisoned in old Dhaka Central Jail located in Nazimuddin Road.[3]
• 11 April - The Prime Minister announced the abolition of Quota system in Government recruitment in response to Bangladesh Quota Reform Protests 2018.
• 5 May - Unidentified gunmen ambushed and assassinated 5 people in Rangamati district, including UPDF leader Tapan Jyoti Chakma. It is suspected the attack was caused by internal conflicts between rival Chackma factions. This is the deadliest such incident involving the indigenous tribal Chackma people since the signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997.[4][5]
• 23 June - 52 people are killed in road accident in a single day as people were returning from Eid Vacation. This is the country's highest reported number of casualties from a road crash in a single day in recent times.[6]
• 29 July - 8 August - 0n 29 July two college students are killed and nine others injured when a reckless driving Bus hit them in the capital Dhaka. Students all over the city carried out mass protests demanding punishment of the culprits and to put an end to reckless driving in the country.[7]
• 22 September - In a massive rally, the newly formed coalition Jatiya Oikya Front, a platform led by Dr Kamal Hossain, issued an ultimatum from the rally for the three-point demand to be met by 30 September. The demands include: 1. Formation of a polls-time neutral government, 2. effective steps for reconstituting the Election Commission, 3. dissolution of parliament before the announcement of the election schedule. Several top leaders of the main opposition party BNP showed their support and shared the stage with Dr Kamal Hossain and his alliance at a citizens' rally in the capital and vowed joint movement to accomplish the three-point demands.[8][9]
• 10 October - Court verdict against the 2004 grenade attack is given. Top BNP leaders Lutfuzzaman Babar was given the death penalty and Tariqe Rahman was given life term imprisonment. BNP rejected the verdict and carried out protests against it.[10]
• 30 December - The 2018 Bangladeshi general election were held, with a decisive victory for ruling party Bangladesh Awami League.[11]

Sports

• 18 March - Bangladesh lost to India in a closely contested T-20 Cricket Match in the Final of 2018 Nidahas Trophy.
• 6 August - Bangladesh won the 3 match T-20 Cricket series against the defending T-20 Cricket Champions, West indies, 2-1.[12]
• 8 October - Bangladesh under 18 women's football team won the 2018 SAFF U-18 Women's Championship.[13]
• 4 November - Bangladesh national under-15 football team won the 2018 SAFF U-15 Championship, defeating Pakistan national under-15 football team in the final.[14]
• 16 November - Bangladesh ties the two match test cricket series against Zimbabwe, 1-1, after beating Zimbabwe in the 2nd and final test match by a historic 218 runs.[15]

Deaths

Ayub Bachchu

• 5 January – Dhiraj Kumar Nath, diplomat (b. 1945).[16]
• 16 January – Shammi Akhtar, singer
• 25 January – Shawkat Ali, writer (b. 1936)
• 5 March – Rafiqul Islam, physician (born c.1936).[17]
• 6 March – Ferdousi Priyabhashini, sculptor (b. 1947)
• 21 March – Noorjahan Kakon Bibi, freedom fighter and secret agent (b. 1915)
• 21 April – Anwara Begum, 83, academic and former First Lady.[18]
• 24 April – Belal Chowdhury, poet (b. 1938)
• 26 April – Shamsul Islam, politician (b. 1931).[19]
• 9 May – Mustafa Nur-Ul Islam, academic, National Professor (b. 1927).[20]
• 22 May –
  • Tazin Ahmed, journalist, actress, playwright, director, and theater person (b 1975).[21]
  • Hafiz Siddiqi, academic (b. 1931).[22]
• 7 July – Rani Sarker, film actress (b. 1930s).[23]
• 25 July – Kalparanjan Chakma, politician (b. 1918).[24]
• 26 July – Mostafa Suja, politician (born c.1950).[25]
• 18 October - Ayub Bachchu, leading musician (born 1962).[26]
• 15 December- Amjad Hossain, film actor and director (born 1942).[27]

See also

• 2010s in Bangladesh
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2018
• Timeline of Bangladeshi history

References

1. "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. "Tabligh-Jamaat demo halts Dhaka traffic". thedailystar.net. 10 January 2018.
3. "Khaleda lands in jail for corruption". thedailystar.net. 8 February 2018.
4. "Gun attack kills 5 in Rangamati". thedailystar.net. 5 May 2018.
5. "Shooting at Naniarchar: 'Attackers came in 2 groups; target was Tapan'". thedailystar.net. 6 May 2018.
6. "Deadliest day for travellers". 24 June 2018.
7. Sugam Pokharel; Farid Ahmed; Bard Wilkinson. "Bangladesh protests: How students brought Dhaka to a halt". CNN.
8. https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bnp-join-today-jatiya-oikya-prokriya-rally-1637062
9. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/09/24/will-jatiya-oikya-prokriya-be-a-game-changer-in-election-2018
10. https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/10/10/grenade-attack-in-2004-was-designed-to-obliterate-awami-league-says-judge
11. https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/world-leaders-congratulate-sheikh-hasina-1681441
12. "Bangladesh is now able to beat any team in T20s, says Shakib".
13. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/news/bangladesh-clinch-saff-u-18-womens-title-1643845
14. https://www.samaa.tv/sports/2018/11/bangladesh-defeat-pakistan-to-win-2018-u15-saff-championships/
15. https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/bangladesh-cricket/news/151-run-loss-218-run-win-joy-or-relief-1661380
16. "Former adviser to caretaker government Dhiraj Kumar Nath dies at 73". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
17. "Oral saline inventor no more". 6 March 2018.
18. "Ex-president Dr Iajuddin's wife Anwara Begum dies". 22 April 2018.
19. "Former BNP minister M Shamsul Islam dies". 26 April 2018.
20. "Prof Mustafa Nur-Ul Islam passes away". 10 May 2018.
21. "Actress Tazin Ahmed dies of heart attack".
22. "Ex-NSU VC Hafiz GA Siddiqi dies". 22 May 2018.
23. Actress Rani Sarkar passes away
24. "Former minister Kalparanjan Chakma dies at 100".
25. Independent, The. "Ex-whip Mostafa Suja passes away".
26. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/ayub-bachchu-passes-away-1648585
27. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/bangladesh-film-director-amjad-hossain-passes-away-1673629