The national flag of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় পতাকা, Bānlādēśēr jātīẏa patākā) was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. The map was later deleted from the flag. A red disc is on top of the green field, offset slightly toward the hoist so that it appears centred when the flag is flying. The red disc represents the sun rising over Bengal, and also the blood of those who died for the
independence of Bangladesh. The green field stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. The first flag was designed by Student Leaders of Shadhin Bangla Nucleus painter was Shib Narayan Das and was made from clothes donated by the owner of Apollo Tailors, Bazlur Rahman Lasker, of Dhaka New Market. On 2 March 1971, the initial version of the flag was hoisted in Bangladesh for the first time at Dhaka University, as the Vice President of Dhaka University Students' Union (DUCSU), student leader A. M. Abdur Rab, raised the flag. The map was removed from the flag in 1972. One reason given was the difficulty rendering the map correctly on both sides of the flag.
