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At least 23 people are killed and more than 4.5 million people are affected by floods caused by heavy rains in eastern Bangladesh.
2024-08-23

Bangladesh increases the minimum wage for garment workers by nearly 56% to 12,500 link=yes (US$113) per month, a move trade unions find insufficient against their demand for a 23,000 ($208) threshold amid rising costs of living and inflation.
2023-11-7

At least 26 people are killed when a speedboat collides with a vessel transporting sand on the Padma River in Bangladesh.
2021-05-3

At least four people are killed in Chittagong, Bangladesh, when police open fire at protesters during a demonstration against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2021-03-26

At least 32 people die when their ferry collides with another vessel and sinks in the Buriganga River, near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. There are still about 20 passengers missing.
2020-06-29

ISIL claims responsibility for the killing of an Italian man in Dhaka. If verified, it would be Islamic State's first attack in Bangladesh.
2015-09-28

At least 24 people are killed and 22 injured in a bus accident in southwestern Bangladesh.
2015-04-9

The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh rises to 110 with at least 61 others missing.
2012-03-14

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 general strike continues in Bangladesh over a proposed change to the electoral system.
2011-07-7