Sources: BBC
Police in Bangladesh arrest over 1,300 people amid riots and pro-Sheikh Hasina protests. 2025-02-10
A cargo train collides with a passenger train in Bhairab, Bangladesh, killing at least 17 people and injuring many others. 2023-10-23
The Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh reports the highest single-day count of dengue cases this year, with 678 new infections, primarily in Dhaka. 2023-07-4
Bangladesh begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60 and frontline workers who have been fully vaccinated more than six months ago as the country attempts to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-28
Bangladesh reports a record 212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 16,004. The country also surpasses one million cases of the virus. 2021-07-9
At least 52 people are killed and about 30 others injured by a fire in a food processing factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. 2021-07-8
Bangladesh imposes a lockdown that suspends all public transport and only allows people to leave their house for emergency reasons due to a substantial increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Soldiers are deployed to enforce the lockdown. 2021-07-1
An attack leaves at least eight people dead at a camp for Rohingya people in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi authorities detain 12 people after multiple attacks, including arson and gunfire, occurred for several days. 2020-10-9
Rescuers struggle to locate a sunken ferry in the Padma River in Bangladesh leaving at least two people dead and many more missing. 2014-08-5
Bangladesh suspends six trading firms on the Dhaka Stock Exchange after an 8.5% fall on the index. 2011-01-21