1989 in Bangladesh

1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.

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Decades:
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  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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See also:Other events of 1989
List of years in Bangladesh

The year 1989 was the 18th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the eighth year of the Government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Incumbents
H. M.
Ershad

Demography
Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1989[1]
Population, total 103,599,232
Population density (per km2) 795.9
Population growth (annual %) 2.6%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 104.6
Urban population (% of total) 19.3%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 36.4
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 10.7
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 149.8
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 57.8
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 4.7

Climate
Climate data for Bangladesh in 1989
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.5
(63.5)		 21.
(70)		 25.3
(77.5)		 28.4
(83.1)		 29.
(84)		 28.3
(82.9)		 28.2
(82.8)		 28.6
(83.5)		 28.2
(82.8)		 27.2
(81.0)		 23.4
(74.1)		 19.2
(66.6)		 25.4
(77.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.
(0.1)		 21.5
(0.85)		 14.8
(0.58)		 90.3
(3.56)		 290.2
(11.43)		 412.
(16.2)		 530.4
(20.88)		 172.1
(6.78)		 334.3
(13.16)		 274.4
(10.80)		 4.4
(0.17)		 4.8
(0.19)		 2,152.2
(84.73)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy
Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1989[1]
National Income
Current US$Current BDT% of GDP
GDP$28.8 billionBDT923.9 billion
GDP growth (annual %)2.8%
GDP per capita$277.8BDT8,918
Agriculture, value added$9.2 billionBDT296.7 billion32.9%
Industry, value added$5.7 billionBDT182.8 billion20.3%
Services, etc., value added$13.1 billionBDT421.5 billion46.8%
Balance of Payment
Current US$Current BDT% of GDP
Current account balance-$1,099.6 million-3.8%
Imports of goods and services$4,026.5 millionBDT118.1 billion12.8%
Exports of goods and services$1,639.2 millionBDT51.2 billion5.5%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows$.2 million0.0%
Personal remittances, received$758.0 million2.6%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end$532.1 million
Total reserves in months of imports1.5

Note: For the year 1989 average official exchange rate for BDT was 32.27 per US$.

Events
Begum Khaleda Zia addressing a sit in on 28 November 1989
  • 25 January – At Pubail, Gazipur District, a northbound mail train collides head-on with an express going to Chittagong and several cars roll off an embankment into a rice paddy. At least 110 are killed and thousands injured.[3]
  • 9 April - Munir Hussain, a wealthy industrialist, killed his wife Sharmin Rima after only four months of marriage. The murder and subsequent trial received widespread press coverage.[4]
  • 26 April - A tornado struck Manikganj District destroying around 90 percent of homes in 153 villages.[5] The death-count was almost 600.[6]
  • 6 September - Gruesome murder of Birajabala Debnath and her children was committed by a mob at the village of Nidarabad under Harashpur Union of Nasirnagar Upazila in Brahmanbaria District.[7]
  • 30 October - Apparently as a reaction to the laying of the foundation of Ram temple adjacent to the disputed structure in Ayodhya in India, Hindu shops were looted and set on fire in Chittagong, in spite of a curfew. Hindu men and women were attacked and molested.[8]
  • 11 November - An Islamist mob attacked Hindu shops and temples in Narsingdi. More than 25 Hindu-owned shops were set on fire and images in three temples were smashed.[9]

Sports

Births

Deaths

See also

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. "At Least 70 Die as 2 Trains Collide in Bangladesh". The New York Times. 16 January 1989. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. Rabia Bhuiyan (1991). Aspects of Violence Against Women. Institute of Democratic Rights.
  5. "Tornado - April 1989, Bangladesh". inTERRAgate. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011.
  6. "Tornado in Bangladesh Kills 600". The New York Times. 28 April 1989. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  7. 'সম্পত্তির জন্য মানুষ এমন পিশাচ হতে পারে'. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 18 September 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  8. Kamra, A.J. (2000). The Prolonged Partition and its Pogroms: Testimonies on Violence Against Hindus in East Bengal 1946-64. New Delhi: Voice of India. p. 215. ISBN 81-85990-63-8.
  9. "Pakistan Protests Indian Temple, Moslems Riot in Bangladesh". Associated Press. 11 November 1989. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  10. "South Asian Games". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  11. "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  12. "Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners". Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.


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