The report also finds that environmental issues cause 5.2 billion days of illness annually and cost the equivalent of 17.6 percent of the country's GDP in 2019
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser made the declaration on Tuesday.
“On this day, people of Bangladesh remember the leadership of the father of their nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the valor of the freedom fighters that led to the independence of their country,” the mayor wrote.
Mayor Bowser had also declared Mar 26, 2018 as ‘Bangladesh Day’.