Sources: AP
A court in Bangladesh orders the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others for crimes against humanity. Hasina is in exile in India. 2024-10-17
An airstrike on a biscuit shop kills five Bangladeshi nationals and two Libyans and wounds 33 others in Tripoli, Libya. A U.N. envoy to Libya claims that it could be a war crime. 2019-11-18
A court in Bangladesh sentences sixteen people to death after they burned a student alive when she reported sexual harassment by a teacher. 2019-10-23
A court in Bangladesh sentences Riaz Uddin Fakir to death for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. 2018-05-10
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes kill Nazimuddin Samad, a liberal blogger. 2016-04-7
India and Bangladesh have swapped control of some 160 small pockets of land on each other's territory. Residents were asked to choose where they wanted to live and which nationality they would prefer. Most of them decided to change nationality and stay where they live. 2015-07-31
A strong 7.9 earthquake strikes between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the regional headquarter city of Pokhara. The Government of Nepal declares a state of emergency with 1500 dead. A number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are destroyed, including the historic Dharahara tower. Deaths are also recorded in India, Bangladesh and the Chinese province of Tibet. 2015-04-25
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
At least 20 people are killed in a garment factory fire near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. 2010-12-14
Bangladesh authorities indefinitely shut down Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology due to a student rampage which injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever. 2010-06-21