Sources: Washington Post
Seven children and a teacher are killed when heavy rain triggers a landslide during a class at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 2026-07-8
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh formally announces that it seeks the death penalty against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year's protests. Hasina has been in exile in India since her ousting, and Khan is also believed to be in India. 2025-10-16
Bangladesh reports a record 231 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 18,125. 2021-07-19
Twelve people are killed and 26 others injured when a minibus carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh crashes and catches fire in Muradiye, Van Province, Turkey. 2021-07-11
Bangladesh reports a record 77 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,661. 2021-04-10
"The Guardian" reports that over 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka died between 2011 and 2020, following Qatar winning the rights to host the tournament. 2021-02-23
Pope Francis ends his six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh by visiting the Rohingya refugees in Dhaka. 2017-12-2
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
The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2013-04-25-3363410-149-die-more-cry-for-help-at-bangladesh.html (AP via "Miami Herald")]date=August 2019 2013-04-26
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus loses his final appeal in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh against his dismissal from his own Grameen micro-finance bank; the bank thought him too old for the job. 2011-04-5