← → 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.

In late summer 2002, heavy monsoon rains led to massive flooding in eastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, killing over 500 people and leaving millions homeless.

There were an estimated 3.5 million victims of flooding in 30 out of 64 districts.

Continuous heavy rainfall and water from the Meghalay hills in India had caused the flash floods.

[3] Note: For the year 2002, average official exchange rate for BDT was 57.89 per US$.