2005 in Bangladesh

The year 2005 was the 34th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fifth year of the third term of the government of Khaleda Zia.

Incumbents

Economy

Note: For the year 2005 average official exchange rate for BDT was 64.33 per US$.

Events

7 January - There was an accidental blowout at the Chhatak gas field at Tengratial, just a few days after Niko Resources started drilling there.
11 January – Bangladesh register their first Test match victory against Zimbabwe.
27 January – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister Shah A M S Kibria is assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at Habiganj.
25 February – Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were ambushed and at least nine were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
11 April – A nine-story commercial building collapsed due to a structural failure leading to 73 deaths in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka.
23 April – Protests erupt in the city of Bogra against the Ahmadiya community.
18 June – Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions Australia.
24 June - While Niko was drilling a relief well to contain the fire from the first blowout at the Chhatak gas field at Tengratial, another blowout occurred at the same field.
17 August – a series of bomb blasts are detonated simultaneously across 63 of 64 districts in Bangladesh.
3 October – A series of synchronized bombings targeted courts in Chandpur, Chittagong, and Lakshmipur and resulted in 2 deaths and 34 injuries. It was carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, an Islamist terrorist organisation, that opposed secular judiciary and legal system in Bangladesh.
14 November – Two senior assistant judges are killed in the bombing of a car transporting Judges to the District Court of Jhalakathi. Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group, led by Shaykh Abdur Rahman and Siddiqur Rahman.
29 November – Another series of simultaneous suicide bombing of courts in Chittagong and Gazipur is carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, killed 8 people and injured over 100.
8 December – A suicide bombing in Netrokona results in the deaths of eight people.

Awards and recognitions

International Recognition

Matiur Rahman, the Editor of Daily Prothom Alo, was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Ekushey Padak

Sports

International football:

* Defending champions Bangladesh lost to [India national Association football|football team|India] in the final of the 2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup to become runner up in the 8-nation tournament held in Pakistan.
* Bangladesh national football B team became runner-up in Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup held in Myanmar.Domestic football:
*Brothers Union won the 2005 Dhaka Premier Division League while Dhaka Mohammedan became runner-up.
* Dhaka Mohammedan won National Football League while Abahani Limited Dhaka became runner-up.Continental football:
* Brothers Union represented Bangladesh in the 2005 AFC Cup.Cricket:
* The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in January 2005 to play two Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1-0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.
* The Bangladesh national cricket team [Bangladeshi cricket team in English cricket team|England in 2005|toured England] for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh played two Test matches against England, which the hosts won comfortably. Later Bangladesh took on England and Australia in the tri-nations NatWest Series, where they pulled off a stunning 5-wicket upset victory over Australia, the world champions. In 18 June match, Australia scored 249 in 50 overs and then Bangladesh won with 4 balls to spare, after a century by Mohammad Ashraful. Bangladesh were knocked out of the tournament after three subsequent losses.
* Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.

Deaths

27 January – Shah A M S Kibria, economist, diplomat and politician
12 February – Monem Munna, footballer
4 March – Serajul Huq, academic
29 March – Khalid Hassan Milu, singer
27 April – Abdus Samad Azad, politician
8 May – Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury, cinematographer
18 July – Abdur Rahman, actor
17 November – Gautam Das, journalist and bureau chief for Dainik Samakal in Faridpur