Prescribed sizes of the flag for buildings are 305cm X 183cm, 152cm X 91cm and 76cm X 46cm and for vehicles are 38cm
X 23cm and 25cm X 15cm.
At the very outset the flag had a different look. There was a golden colored map of Bangladesh
at the center of the red circle. This was the original design of the flag of Bangladesh under which the valiant freedom fighters
fought during the liberation war.

The national flag was first hoisted on the 3rd of March 1971 by ASM Abdur Rab, the then Vice President of
Dhaka University StudentsĀ“ Union, at the historic 'Bat tala' in Dhaka University campus. This flag was also raised at the
then Ramna Racecourse (now a park renamed as Shuhrawardy Uddayan) when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave his historic speech "this
time our struggle is for liberation."
The flag of Bangladesh was first hoisted in the UN September 1974. China used
her veto against admission of Bangladesh in the UN 1972 and repeated in the year 1973. The Bangladesh flag appeared later
in the UNsĀ“ stamp series "Flag of the member state".
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