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At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2024-02-29

Bangladesh reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant in the sample of a 49-year-old woman in Dhaka.
2021-08-16

A fast-moving fire has swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, killing at least 80 and wounding 50 others.
2019-02-20

Officials call off rescue operations as 54 dead bodies recovered with an unknown number of people missing in a ferry disaster in the Meghna River of Bangladesh.
2014-05-17

A ferry sinks on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District resulting in at least 12 deaths and hundreds missing.
2014-05-15

Three people are dead and over 200 are injured when Hefajat-e-Islam and Jamaat-e-Islami clash with police in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2013-05-5

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

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demanding the government step down and hold elections.
2012-03-12

Police in Bangladesh fire tear gas at 20,000 demonstrators protesting against government plans to build an airport south of the capital Dhaka. A policeman is killed in the incident.
2011-01-31

The Bangladeshi army distributes drinking water among more than 12 million people in Dhaka as fears grow over the city's water crisis.
2010-04-8