Sources: CNN
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres appoints Bangladeshi diplomat Rabab Fatima as the next head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 2026-07-15
The Directorate General of Health Services reports that seven more children have died from measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the disease in the country to 766. 2026-07-14
Bangladesh closes all universities by advancing the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to reduce electricity consumption during an energy crisis linked to the Iran war. 2026-03-9
The death toll from the ongoing protests in Bangladesh increases to 110 people. 2024-07-20
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 reports a record 7,626 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 659,278. 2021-04-7
The search of the wreckage of the 2013 Savar building collapse in Bangladesh ends with 1,127 people found dead. 2013-05-13
The death toll rises to 1,006 - Bangladesh's worst industrial accident and the deadliest structural collapse in modern human history. 2013-05-9
Bangladesh's finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry. 2013-05-3
One person is killed in clashes between demonstrating garment workers demanding higher pay, and police in Bangladesh. 2010-12-12