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See also:| Other events of 2003
List of years in Bangladesh

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2003rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 3rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade.

Calendar year

The year 2003 was the 32nd year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the third term of the Government of Khaleda Zia.

## Incumbents

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Khaleda
Zia

* President: Iajuddin Ahmed
* Prime Minister: Khaleda Zia
* Chief Justice: Mainur Reza Choudhury (until 22 June), Khondokar Mahmud Hasan (starting 22 June)

## Demography

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Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2003[1] Population, total  | 134,791,598

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Population density (per km2)  | 1035.5
Population growth (annual %)  | 1.7%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)  | 105.4
Urban population (% of total)  | 25.4%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)  | 25.4
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)  | 6.4
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)  | 73
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)  | 66.9
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)  | 2.9

## Climate

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Climate data for Bangladesh in 2003

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 17.8
(64.0)  | 21.2
(70.2)  | 24.3
(75.7)  | 28.1
(82.6)  | 28.3
(82.9)  | 28.1
(82.6)  | 28.4
(83.1)  | 28.7
(83.7)  | 28.7
(83.7)  | 27.4
(81.3)  | 23.6
(74.5)  | 19.2
(66.6)  | 25.3
(77.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 5.0
(0.20)  | 10.9
(0.43)  | 24.2
(0.95)  | 70.6
(2.78)  | 226.9
(8.93)  | 348.0
(13.70)  | 651.0
(25.63)  | 151.2
(5.95)  | 150.3
(5.92)  | 299.1
(11.78)  | 36.3
(1.43)  | 20.1
(0.79)  | 1,993.6
(78.49)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

## Economy

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Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2003[1] National Income

| Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP
GDP | $60.2 billion | BDT3,483.2 billion |
GDP growth (annual %) | 4.7%
GDP per capita | $446.3 | BDT25,841 |
Agriculture, value added | $11.9 billion | BDT690.1 billion | 19.8%
Industry, value added | $13.5 billion | BDT782.8 billion | 22.5%
Services, etc., value added | $31.5 billion | BDT1,825.2 billion | 52.4%
Balance of Payment
| Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP
Current account balance | $0.1 billion |  | .2%
Imports of goods and services | $11.1 billion | BDT565.2 billion | 16.2%
Exports of goods and services | $7,928.3 million | BDT398.2 billion | 11.4%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows | $268.3 million |  | 0.4%
Personal remittances, received | $3,191.7 million |  | 5.3%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end | $2,624.6 million |  |
Total reserves in months of imports | 2.8

Note: For the year 2003 average official exchange rate for BDT was 58.15 per US$.

## Events

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* 9 January – The Operation Clean Heart came to an end.[3] The Bangladesh Government passed an indemnity law, that provided legal protection to security personnel who participated in the operation.[4] Later, in November 2015, Bangladesh High Court declared the indemnity ordinance illegal and scrapped it.[3]
* 17 January – A bomb attack at the Failya Paglar Mela in Tangail, Bangladesh that resulted in the death of 7 people.[5][6]
* 12 February - On Eid-ul Fitr, two activists of Awami League are killed inside a madrassah in Hathazari Upazila.[7]
* 18 February- Murder of Sabbir Alam Khandaker takes place in Narayanganj District.[8]
* 20 January – Bangladesh wins the 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup.
* 10 March- Banshkhali carnage takes place in which seven members of a Hindu family are burned alive in Chittagong.[7]
* 8 July - A ferry named MV Nasrin-1 sunk in the Meghna River near Chandpur at midnight. Of the 750 people on board 220 were rescued.[9][10]
* 24 July- Businessman Jamaluddin Ahmed Chowdhury was kidnapped.[7] A suspect, Amar Das, in the kidnapping died in police custody on 10 December.[7] His skeleton was recovered on 24 August 2005.[11]
* 27 July – 175 fishermen go missing after storms strike the coast of Bangladesh and 300 homes are destroyed in an earthquake which strikes Chittagong.[12]
* 11 August- Businessman Rezaur Rahman Zakir was murdered after being kidnapped.[7]

### Awards and recognitions

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#### Independence Day Award

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Recipients  | Area  | Note

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | liberation War | posthumous
Ziaur Rahman | liberation war | posthumous

#### Ekushey Padak

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1. Muhammad Shamsul Huq
2. Muhammad Ekramul Huq
3. Zebunnessa Rahman
4. Zobeda Khanum
5. Abdul Mannan Syed
6. Al Mujahidi
7. Anjuman Ara Begum
8. Lokman Hossain Fakir
9. Khan Ataur Rahman
10. Abdul Hamid
11. Nazim Uddin Mostan
12. UNESCO

### Sports

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* International football:
* Bangladesh hosted the 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in January and became the champions defeating the Maldives in the final, in front of 46,000 fans present at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
* In March, Bangladesh played 2 matches at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Hong Kong and Laos, failing to win a single match as they crashed out of the qualifiers bottom of their group.
* In November, Bangladesh played 2 matches against Tajikistan in home and away system as part of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round and lost both matches.
* Domestic football:
* Muktijoddha Sangsad KC won the Dhaka League while Abahani Limited Dhaka became runner-up.[13]
* Muktijoddha Sangsad KC won National Football League while Mohammedan SC became runners-up.
* Cricket:
* The South African national cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May and played a two-match Test series against the Bangladeshi national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 2–0.[14]
* The Bangladesh national cricket team played two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches on a mid-year tour of Australia in 2003. Australia easily won the two-match Test series. Bangladesh's performances' did not get any better during the ODI series—failing to score more than 147 in any innings—as Australia completed a clean-sweep.
* The Bangladeshi national cricket team visited Pakistan in August to September 2003 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 3–0. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Pakistan won 5–0.[15]
* The English cricket team toured Bangladesh from 12 October to 12 November 2003, playing a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series; England won all five matches to take whitewashes in both series.

## See also

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* 2000s in Bangladesh
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2003
* Timeline of Bangladeshi history

## References

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1. ^ a b "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
2. ^ "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
3. ^ a b "HC scraps law giving indemnity for 'Operation Clean Heart'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
4. ^ "Operation Clean Heart indemnity law illegal: HC". The Daily Star. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
5. ^ Ahsan, Shamim. "The Blame Game Goes on". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
6. ^ Bammi, Y. M. (2010). India Bangladesh Relations: The Way Ahead. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 228\. ISBN 978-93-82573-20-3.
7. ^ a b c d e Islam, Shahidul (3 January 2004). "A year of crimes in Ctg". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
8. ^ "Bangladesh businessman shot dead". 18 February 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
9. ^ "Hopes dying down: 15 bloated bodies recovered, more float downstream, no sight of sunken launch, raging currents frustrate rescuers, villagers keep vigil on Meghna banks". The Daily Star. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on 17 November 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2003.
10. ^ "Bodies surfacing from ferry disaster". Chicago Tribune. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
11. ^ "Killed after kidnap". The Daily Star. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
12. ^ "Fears grow for Bangladesh fishermen". BBC News. 27 July 2003.
13. ^ "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
14. ^ "South Africa secure innings victory over Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo.
15. ^ "Bangladesh in Pakistan 2003". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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