Sources: AP via ABC
Seven more children are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll from the disease in Bangladesh to 738. 2026-07-5
The death toll from the protests in Bangladesh increases to 32, with the government shutting down internet access across the entire country, and protesters setting fire to the headquarters of the main state broadcaster in Dhaka. 2024-07-18
Nine people are killed and two others are injured by a lightning strike in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. 2022-09-8
Bangladesh announces that it will request a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund for balance of payment and budgetary requirements, as well as climate change management activities. 2022-07-26
An Antonov An-12 cargo plane, operated by a Ukrainian airline, crashes near the city of Kavala, Greece, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft was carrying weapons from Serbia to Bangladesh, and crashed before a planned stop in Jordan. 2022-07-16
More than 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh due to escalating violence by the Myanmar Army. 2017-09-5
A garment factory boiler explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills 10 people and injures dozens. 2017-07-4
A mob storms the central jail in Dimapur, India, and kills Farid Khan, an undocumented migrant from Bangladesh in custody as a rape suspect. The mob ransacks and destroys over 20 shops and torches ten vehicles including a police jeep. 2015-03-5
The search of the wreckage of the 2013 Savar building collapse in Bangladesh ends with 1,127 people found dead. 2013-05-13
Bangladesh detains five Rohingya Muslims who fled fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-320692-bangladesh-detains-myanmar-rohingya-refugees ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2012-11-11