The national flag of Bangladesh is the symbol of Bangladesh. It is generally known as “Jatiyo Potaka”. Here “Jatiyo” means “National” and “Potaka” means “Flag”. This flag was officially adopted on 17th January 1972. It may be made of cotton, linen or silk. It is rectangular in shape. The back ground of the flag is bottle green in color with a sun globe in the centre. The bottle green color stands for the ever lasting freshness, lushness of the natural of Bangladesh, youth, vigor and vitality of nation. The sun is the source of all life on earth. Hence the sun-globe signifies
that Bangladesh nation is continuous and ever-lasting as life glory. It may be said to stand for the bright future of nation. The blood red color of the sun globe is a fighting memorial for the endless sacrifice of nation in the bloody struggle for liberation.
A similar flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. There was a yellow map on the flag but later the map was deleted from the flag by the order of General Abul Manzur due to the difficulty rendering the map correctly on both sides of the flag. So, the first flag doesn’t exist anymore. This flag was originally designed by Shib Narayan Das, who was a Student Leaders of “Shawdhin Bangla Nucleus painter”. Some people believe that, it was designed by Quamrul Hassan. The initial version of the flag was hoisted in Bangladesh for the first time at the Dhaka University on 2nd March 1971 and on 26th March 1971; Sheikh Mujibur Rahman flew the flag in his residence after the independence of Bangladesh.
There is some rules about this flag according to flag rules (1972) including,
1. The flag must have bottle green color rectangular size in the proportion of 10:6 with a deep red circle in near middle.
2. The green base of the flag must have Procion Brilliant Green H-2RS 50 parts per 1000 and the red circular part will be of Procion Brilliant red H-2RS 60 parts per 1000.
3. The red circle will have a radius of one-fifth of the length of the flag. Its centre will be placed on the intersecting point of the perpendicular drawn from the nine-twentieth part of the length of the flag, and the horizontal line drawn through the middle of its width.
4. Depending on the size of the building the flag sizes will be 10 × 6 ft (3.0 × 1.8 m); 5 × 3 ft (1.5 × 0.91 m); 2.5 × 1.5 ft (760 × 460 mm). The size of the flag for car is 12.5 × 7.5 in (320 × 190 mm), and the size of the table flag for bilateral conferences is 10 × 6 in (250 × 150 mm).
Besides this, national flag has to be flown on public and private buildings or offices and premises throughout the country of Bangladesh in any special day, such as Independence Day, Victory Day and any other day which may be notified by the Bangladesh government. But The Shaheed Dibos (21 February), the National Flag shall be flown at half-mast and any other day which may be notified by the government.
that Bangladesh nation is continuous and ever-lasting as life glory. It may be said to stand for the bright future of nation. The blood red color of the sun globe is a fighting memorial for the endless sacrifice of nation in the bloody struggle for liberation.
A similar flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. There was a yellow map on the flag but later the map was deleted from the flag by the order of General Abul Manzur due to the difficulty rendering the map correctly on both sides of the flag. So, the first flag doesn’t exist anymore. This flag was originally designed by Shib Narayan Das, who was a Student Leaders of “Shawdhin Bangla Nucleus painter”. Some people believe that, it was designed by Quamrul Hassan. The initial version of the flag was hoisted in Bangladesh for the first time at the Dhaka University on 2nd March 1971 and on 26th March 1971; Sheikh Mujibur Rahman flew the flag in his residence after the independence of Bangladesh.
There is some rules about this flag according to flag rules (1972) including,
1. The flag must have bottle green color rectangular size in the proportion of 10:6 with a deep red circle in near middle.
2. The green base of the flag must have Procion Brilliant Green H-2RS 50 parts per 1000 and the red circular part will be of Procion Brilliant red H-2RS 60 parts per 1000.
3. The red circle will have a radius of one-fifth of the length of the flag. Its centre will be placed on the intersecting point of the perpendicular drawn from the nine-twentieth part of the length of the flag, and the horizontal line drawn through the middle of its width.
4. Depending on the size of the building the flag sizes will be 10 × 6 ft (3.0 × 1.8 m); 5 × 3 ft (1.5 × 0.91 m); 2.5 × 1.5 ft (760 × 460 mm). The size of the flag for car is 12.5 × 7.5 in (320 × 190 mm), and the size of the table flag for bilateral conferences is 10 × 6 in (250 × 150 mm).
Besides this, national flag has to be flown on public and private buildings or offices and premises throughout the country of Bangladesh in any special day, such as Independence Day, Victory Day and any other day which may be notified by the Bangladesh government. But The Shaheed Dibos (21 February), the National Flag shall be flown at half-mast and any other day which may be notified by the government.
This is a superb article about our Bangladeshi National flag, we should realize the rules of flag.
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