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Bangladeshi home minister Asaduzzaman Khan meets with his Burmese counterpart, Kyaw Swe, in Dhaka to discuss the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar. The Burmese delegation accepts a list of 8,032 Rohingya refugees (1,673 families) who are to be repatriated.
2018-02-16

Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is "closely following the situation" in Rakhine State and offers aid for the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
2017-09-30

Four people are killed in twin bombings in Sylhet, Bangladesh.
2017-03-25

Members of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, scheduled to be held in Pakistan during November 2016, postpone the meeting following an Indian-led boycott, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan in response to Pakistan's alleged involvement in a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army base in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 18.
2016-09-28

A bombing of people gathered at Kantajew Temple in Bangladesh leaves 10 injured.
2015-12-5

Tropical storms kill at least 36 people and injure scores in Bangladesh over the past couple of days, with Bogra District hardest hit (20 deaths).
2015-04-6

The death toll from the weekend ferry disaster in Bangladesh rises to 70.
2015-02-23

Several dozen Rohingya boat refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar are accepted to India at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands after being detained by the Thai Navy and rejected at sea, but face repatriation to Bangladesh.
2011-02-8

Bangladesh suspends six trading firms on the Dhaka Stock Exchange after an 8.5% fall on the index.
2011-01-21

One person is killed in clashes between demonstrating garment workers demanding higher pay, and police in Bangladesh.
2010-12-12