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Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir is arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on charges of crimes against humanity, mass killing, and murder for his involvement with Sheikh Hasina's government during the quota reform movement.
2024-09-17

Six people are killed during clashes in Bangladesh as opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas, which benefit pro-government families, clashes with police and pro-government supporters.
2024-07-16

Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and three people that worked at his company Grameen Telecom are sentenced to six months in prison for violating Bangladesh's labor laws.
2024-01-1

Bangladesh reports a record 231 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 18,125.
2021-07-19

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launches a vaccination programme in Bangladesh using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
2021-01-27

Thousands rally in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka calling for a boycott of French goods over French President Emmanuel Macron's defense of cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which Muslims consider to be highly blasphemous. Police prevented the protesters from reaching the French Embassy.
2020-10-27

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 fire at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, kills 10 people.
2013-10-9

Violent clashes occur in Bangladesh as protesters stage a nationwide blockade of roads to press for an independent body to oversee the next general election. At least two people were killed and about 100 injured after police fire rubber bullets and tear gas.
2012-12-9

One person is killed in clashes between demonstrating garment workers demanding higher pay, and police in Bangladesh.
2010-12-12