Sources: BBC
At least 16 people are killed and several injured in a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2025-10-14
At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2024-02-29
At least 57 people are dead after severe flooding in eastern India and Bangladesh. 2022-05-21
Win Myat Aye, Myanmar's minister of social welfare, relief and resettlement, announced that his country would begin repatriating Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh beginning on January 23, 2018. Burmese officials also promised that a newly built camp for repatriated refugees would also be finished by that date. 2018-01-15
A strong 7.9 earthquake strikes between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the regional headquarter city of Pokhara. The Government of Nepal declares a state of emergency with 1500 dead. A number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are destroyed, including the historic Dharahara tower. Deaths are also recorded in India, Bangladesh and the Chinese province of Tibet. 2015-04-25
At least 13 people are killed and 15 injured as a result of a lightning strike at a mosque in a remote village in northeast Bangladesh. 2012-08-11
The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh rises to 110 with at least 61 others missing. 2012-03-14
Bangladesh receives a loan from the World Bank to strengthen regional co-operation on wildlife protection. 2011-06-4
Bangladesh suspends six trading firms on the Dhaka Stock Exchange after an 8.5% fall on the index. 2011-01-21
Police and protesters clash in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka over the authorities' bid to evict opposition leader Khaleda Zia from her home. 2010-11-13