The flag of Bangladesh features a dark green field with a red circle offset slightly toward the hoist. The green represents the lush vegetation and vitality of the land, while the red disc symbolises the rising sun and the blood shed during the 1971 Liberation War. Designed by Quamrul Hassan, it was first hoisted on 2 March 1971.
The red disc is deliberately offset toward the hoist so it appears centred when the flag flies in the wind. The flag was officially adopted on 17 January 1972, making it one of the newer national flags, dating to the same year as several others from 1971-era independence movements.
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