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At Kutupalong, the world's largest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 200,000 people gather peacefully to remember the day, in 2017, when a violent crackdown by Myanmarese security forces compelled 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border.
2019-08-25

A refugee boat en route to Bangladesh from Myanmar capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
2017-10-8

A ferry carrying about 200 passengers capsizes on the Padma River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District.
2014-08-4

Officials call off rescue operations as 54 dead bodies recovered with an unknown number of people missing in a ferry disaster in the Meghna River of Bangladesh.
2014-05-17

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejects demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad.
2013-04-8

A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.
2013-02-8

2013 Bangladesh protests: In Bangladesh, over 100,000 people join in a mass movement to demand justice for atrocities committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
2013-02-8

At least 30 people are dead and dozens missing after the MV Shariatpur 1 ferry carrying 200 people collides with an oil tanker. It capsizes on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.
2012-03-13

A second nationwide strike takes place in Bangladesh over changes to the electoral system.
2011-06-12

Bangladeshi expatriates report being forced to take part in pro-government demonstrations.
2011-03-17