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The death toll from the protests in Bangladesh increases to 32, with the government shutting down internet access across the entire country, and protesters setting fire to the headquarters of the main state broadcaster in Dhaka.
2024-07-18

Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at students and professors occupying Dhaka University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to protest against the ruling Awami League party and its government job quotas.
2024-07-17

Seven people are killed and dozens are injured in a blast in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh and causing damage to seven buildings. The cause of the blast is unknown but it is suspected to be caused by a gas leak.
2021-06-27

Pope Francis ends his six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh by visiting the Rohingya refugees in Dhaka.
2017-12-2

A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.
2013-02-8

At least 30 people are dead and dozens missing after the MV Shariatpur 1 ferry carrying 200 people collides with an oil tanker. It capsizes on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.
2012-03-13

A power crisis in Bangladesh prompts the government to order the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and near Dhaka.
2010-08-12

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers block highways, attack factories and loot shops in Dhaka after rejecting a minimum wage increase offered by the Government of Bangladesh.
2010-07-30

Bangladesh authorities indefinitely shut down Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology due to a student rampage which injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever.
2010-06-21

The death toll rises to 109 following a fire in the centre of Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 50 injured victims struggle for life at the state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
2010-06-4