Bangladesh Flag

The official name of the Bangladeshi Flag is the National Flag of Bangladesh or simply The Red & Green and it consists of a red disc on a green background. The red disk is slightly off the center towards the hoist such that it appears to be perfectly at the center when flying. Bangladeshis adopted the flag on January 17, 1972, after the Bangladesh Liberation War.

The disc at the center of the flag represents the sun rising above Bengal. Bengal is a cultural, historical, and geopolitical region at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, eastern areas of the Indian subcontinent. The region spans the borders of India and Bangladesh. The red represents the blood of Bangladeshis who died during the Bangladesh Liberation War while the green field symbolizes the lushness of the Bangladesh landscape.

Quamrul Hassan, a Bengali cubism artist and actor, designed the current flag based on previous designs of the same. Student leaders and activists of the movement Swadheen Bangla Nucleus designed the first version of the flag on June 6, 1970, in their rooms at the Dhaka University. These were Yousuf Salahuddin Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Choudhury, Kazi Aref Ahmed, Shahjahan Siraj, Manirul Islam (Marshal Moni), Quamrul Alam Khan (Khasru), Hasanul Haq Inu, and ASM Abdur Rab. This flag included a map of East Pakistan. These students were keen to design a flag that had no resemblance with that of West Pakistan, therefore, omitted the star and crescent.

Swadheen Bangla Nucleus’ design was very similar to the current flag but had a map of the former East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh) in the middle of the red disc. Yousuf Salahuddin Ahmed, Hasanul Haq Inu, and Enamul Haq traced the map from an atlas in at Hag’s room 312 that was one of the rooms at Quaid-I Azam Hall (currently Titumir Hall). Shib Narayan Das then painted the map on the flag and on March 2, 1971, at Dhaka University, the Students Union Vice President ASM Abdur Rab hoisted the flag for the first time.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Dhaka
Languages	Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)
Ethnic Groups	Bengali at least 98%, ethnic groups 1.1%
Religion	Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.)
Government	Parliamentary republic
Independance	16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan)
Area	148,460.00 km²
Water Area	18,290.00 km²
Land Area	130,170.00 km²
Population	156,186,882.00
Location	Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
No. Bordering Countries	2
Bordering Countries	Burma 271 km, India 4,142 km
GDP(PPP)	$628,000,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$3,900.00 (USD)
Export Partners	The major export partners are the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are garments, knitwear, and agricultural products.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are China, India, and Singapore.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include cotton, chemicals, iron and steel, and foodstuffs.
Climate	Tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
Terrain	Mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
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