Sources: BBC
A Bangladeshi court sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and British MP Tulip Siddiq to five years and two years in prison, respectively, for corruption involving a government land project. 2025-12-1
Police in Bangladesh arrest over 1,300 people amid riots and pro-Sheikh Hasina protests. 2025-02-10
The death toll from the ongoing protests in Bangladesh increases to 110 people. 2024-07-20
Bangladesh and Myanmar order massive evacuations as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in both countries' coastal areas. Six people are killed in Myanmar, with about 90% of the city of Sittwe being destroyed. 2023-05-14
Bangladesh reports 78 deaths from COVID-19, a record for the second consecutive day, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,739. 2021-04-11
Half a million people are evacuated from the Bangladesh coastal area in preparation for the landfall of Cyclone Bulbul. 2019-11-9
Authorities in Myanmar and Bangladesh prepare for the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, which has already killed at least seven people and displaced nearly 4,000 in Sri Lanka. 2013-05-15
President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman dies in office at the age of 84 after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-21855904 (BBC)] [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-bangladeshs-figurehead-president-dies-84-18770582 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019 2013-03-20
At least 35 people are killed across Bangladesh in violent demonstrations sparked when Islamic political leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was sentenced to death for war crimes. 2013-02-28
At least 10 people are killed in crash involving two trains in eastern Bangladesh. 2010-12-8