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Bangladesh closes schools, universities, and other educational institutions until February 6 and bans social, political, religious, and state events of more than 100 people amid the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
2022-01-21

Bangladesh reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant, which was discovered in India, prompting the authorities to extend the land border closure by two weeks.
2021-05-8

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself.
2021-04-28

Three days of heavy rain in Nepal trigger floods and landslides resulting in at least 67 deaths. India was also affected by heavy floods, resulting in the death of 34 people, while 29 others died in Bangladesh.
2019-07-13

Bangladeshi special forces shoot and kill an armed man after he attempted to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight heading to Dubai International Airport. All 148 passengers and crew members disembarked safely.
2019-02-24

Flooding in South Asia has displaced tens of thousands of people and resulted in an estimated 500 deaths across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
2017-08-18

Bangladesh executes two former members of parliament, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, who were convicted in 2013 of war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of independence.
2015-11-22

Tropical storms kill at least 36 people and injure scores in Bangladesh over the past couple of days, with Bogra District hardest hit (20 deaths).
2015-04-6

The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2013-04-25-3363410-149-die-more-cry-for-help-at-bangladesh.html (AP via "Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2013-04-26

The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh on Tuesday rises to 116 with more people missing.
2012-03-15