Sources: AP
Bangladesh reports its first cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in two female cricketers of the Bangladesh Cricket Team who travelled from Zimbabwe. 2021-12-11
Bangladesh has reported a total of 10,981 dengue fever cases and 48 related deaths since the beginning of the year. 2021-09-3
Bangladesh reports a record 11,525 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national total of confirmed cases to 966,406. 2021-07-6
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 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
The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2013-04-25-3363410-149-die-more-cry-for-help-at-bangladesh.html (AP via "Miami Herald")]date=August 2019 2013-04-26
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
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
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs in northwestern Sikkim, northern India, causing shaking in parts of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Tibet Autonomous Region. At least thirty seven deaths are reported. 2011-09-18