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Two people are killed and dozens are injured in anti-government protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2023-10-31

Bangladesh suffers a severe power grid failure, leaving 80 percent of the country without electricity, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board.
2022-10-4

Bangladesh reports a record for the second consecutive day of 258 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 19,779.
2021-07-27

At least 26 people are killed when a speedboat collides with a vessel transporting sand on the Padma River in Bangladesh.
2021-05-3

A rescue operation is underway in Bangladesh as a ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River after colliding with a trawler. The death toll has reached 41.
2015-02-22

Rescuers struggle to locate a sunken ferry in the Padma River in Bangladesh leaving at least two people dead and many more missing.
2014-08-5

A ferry sinks on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District resulting in at least 12 deaths and hundreds missing.
2014-05-15

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

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

The Bangladeshi central bank attempts to remove Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank which he founded.
2011-03-2