2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.

2013
in
Bangladesh

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See also:Other events of 2013
List of years in Bangladesh

The year 2013 was the 42nd year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fifth year of the second term of the government of Sheikh Hasina.

Incumbents

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Zillur
Rahman
Abdul
Hamid
Sheikh
Hasina

Demography

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Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2013[1]
Population, total 152,761,413
Population density (per km2) 1173.6
Population growth (annual %) 1.2%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 103.0
Urban population (% of total) 32.8%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 19.9
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 5.6
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 42
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 70.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2.2

Climate

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Climate data for Bangladesh in 2013
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.7
(63.9)
20.3
(68.5)
25.2
(77.4)
27.2
(81.0)
27.2
(81.0)
28.8
(83.8)
28.4
(83.1)
27.8
(82.0)
28.0
(82.4)
26.3
(79.3)
22.0
(71.6)
18.3
(64.9)
24.8
(76.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.0
(0.04)
11.5
(0.45)
8.6
(0.34)
112.0
(4.41)
276.5
(10.89)
347.2
(13.67)
459.0
(18.07)
423.6
(16.68)
219.7
(8.65)
254.1
(10.00)
0.7
(0.03)
0.9
(0.04)
2,114.8
(83.27)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

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Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2013[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $150.0 billion BDT12.0 trillion
GDP growth (annual %) 6.0%
GDP per capita $981.9 BDT78,483
Agriculture, value added $23.2 billion BDT1.9 trillion 15.5%
Industry, value added $39.5 billion BDT3.2 trillion 26.3%
Services, etc., value added $80.1 billion BDT6.4 trillion 53.4%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance $2.1 billion 1.4%
Imports of goods and services $41.6 billion BDT3.2 trillion 26.8%
Exports of goods and services $31,635.2 million BDT2.3 trillion 19.5%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows $2,603.0 million 1.7%
Personal remittances, received $13,867.0 million 9.2%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $18,087.7 million
Total reserves in months of imports 4.9

Note: For the year 2013 average official exchange rate for BDT was 78.10 per US$.

Events

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Demonstrators in Shahbag in February 2013

Awards and recognitions

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Independence Day Award

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Recipients Area Note
Mohammad Shamsul Haque liberation war posthumous
Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain liberation war
Kazi Sazzad Ali liberation war
Abdul Hamid Miah research on agriculture
Swadesh Ranjan Bose economics posthumous
Satya Saha culture posthumous
M. A. Hannan liberation war posthumous
Abdul Hamid liberation war

Ekushey Padak

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  1. Rafiq Azad, language and literature
  2. Asad Chowdhury, language and literature
  3. Samson H. Chowdhury, social service (posthumous)
  4. Udichi Shilpi Gosthi (arts)
  5. Ajit Kumar Guha, Language Movement (posthumous)
  6. Jamaluddin Hossain, arts
  7. Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Language Movement (posthumous)
  8. Kaderi Kibria, arts
  9. Tofazzal Hossain, Language Movement
  10. Nurjahan Murshid, social service (posthumous)
  11. Bijoy Sarkar, arts (posthumous)
  12. Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, Liberation War.
  13. MA Wadud, Language Movement (posthumous)

Sports

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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