Sources: BBC
Six people are killed during clashes in Bangladesh as opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas, which benefit pro-government families, clashes with police and pro-government supporters. 2024-07-16
About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia. 2024-03-12
Bangladesh and Myanmar order massive evacuations as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in both countries' coastal areas. Six people are killed in Myanmar, with about 90% of the city of Sittwe being destroyed. 2023-05-14
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh AK Abdul Momen says that it is not the responsibility of his country to rescue more than 500 Rohingya refugees who have been at sea for weeks. Momen tells "Al Jazeera" they "should ask the Myanmar government first because they are their citizens". 2020-04-25
The death toll from the weekend ferry disaster in Bangladesh rises to 70. 2015-02-23
Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh shut down due to strikes by workers seeking higher pay. 2013-09-24
The Bangladesh Police hold editor Mahmudur Rahman from "Amar Desh", an opposition newspaper, in custody on charges of sedition, illegal publication of Skype conversations of a judge in Bangladesh's ongoing war crimes trial, and inciting violence in recent protests. 2013-04-11
Bangladesh suspends six trading firms on the Dhaka Stock Exchange after an 8.5% fall on the index. 2011-01-21
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh is halted after it fell by 9.25% in an hour; investors stage protests and clash with riot police. 2011-01-10
Approximately 1,000 prisoners are released in Bangladesh as the country tries to reduce overcrowding in its prisons. 2010-08-19