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Members of the Jamaat-e-Islami party announce that they have prevented former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League party from holding a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to commemorate Noor Hossain Day.
2024-11-10

Two people are killed and dozens are injured in anti-government protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2023-10-31

At least 57 people are dead after severe flooding in eastern India and Bangladesh.
2022-05-21

Bangladesh reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in the sample of a 49-year-old woman in Dhaka.
2021-08-16

A refugee boat en route to Bangladesh from Myanmar capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
2017-10-8

The head of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Motiur Rahman Nizami, is executed for his alleged role in acts of genocide and war crimes 45 years ago during the independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Nizami is the fifth senior opposition leader to be executed in connection with the war; a total of 17 people have received the death penalty. Authorities prepare for possibly violent protests.
2016-05-11

Malaysia bans the recruitment of foreign workers after protests over plans to recruit 1.5 million people from Bangladesh.
2016-03-13

Opposition activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies detonate small homemade bombs and set fire to several vehicles in the latest anti-government protest to hit Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2013-04-2

Bangladesh suspends six trading firms on the Dhaka Stock Exchange after an 8.5% fall on the index.
2011-01-21

Somali pirates hijack a Bangladeshi cargo ship off the coast of India. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-south-asia-11925616 (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20101207041937-http:--www.straitstimes.com-BreakingNews-Asia-Story-STIStory_611002.html ("Straits Times")] [http:--www.capitalfm.co.ke-news-Africa-Pirates-steering-ship-towards-Somalia-10766.html (Capital FM Kenya)]date=August 2019
2010-12-6