Sources: AP
Bangladeshi chief adviser Muhammad Yunus announces a national referendum on the July Charter, which recognizes the 2024 uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. 2025-11-13
Bangladesh and Myanmar order massive evacuations as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in both countries' coastal areas. Six people are killed in Myanmar, with about 90% of the city of Sittwe being destroyed. 2023-05-14
Bangladesh reports a record 11,874 new cases and 230 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 1.02 million and the nationwide death toll to 16,419. 2021-07-11
At least 26 people are killed when a ferry sinks after colliding with a cargo ship in the Shitalakshya River, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. 2021-04-5
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launches a vaccination programme in Bangladesh using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-01-27
Two lighter vessels capsize in the Bay of Bengal, near the island of Bhasan Char in Bangladesh. The country's Inland Water Transport Authority report that 13 crew members from one vessel en route to the Narayanganj District from Chittagong are missing, while all 12 crew members from the other vessel were rescued. 2020-08-15
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
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange in Bangladesh is halted after it fell by 9.25% in an hour; investors stage protests and clash with riot police. 2011-01-10
At least 10 people are killed in crash involving two trains in eastern Bangladesh. 2010-12-8