Sources: BBC
Schools are reopened in Bangladesh after an 18-month closure due to the pandemic. 2021-09-12
At least ten people are killed by a fire at a fan factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh. 2019-12-15
A fire breaks out in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at a 22-story tower, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 70 others. 2019-03-28
Bangladesh reports at least 26 deaths caused by drowning or homes collapsing with 500,000 evacuated during the storm. Maheshkhali Island officials are monitoring a badly damaged 17-mile stretch of mud embankment in danger of collapsing, allowing seawater to flood the communities. 2016-05-23
Bangladeshi secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is cut to pieces by a masked gang wielding machetes in the city of Sylhet. He is the third secular blogger to be killed in Bangladesh this year. 2015-05-12
In Bangladesh, thousands of protesters call for blasphemy laws that would include death penalty for bloggers who insult Islam, the majority religion of the country. 2013-04-6
President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman dies in office at the age of 84 after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-21855904 (BBC)] [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-bangladeshs-figurehead-president-dies-84-18770582 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019 2013-03-20
At least two people are killed and hundreds of others injured in clashes between police and protestors during a nationwide strike in Bangladesh, which was triggered by the unexplained disappearance of opposition politician Ilyas Ali. 2012-04-23
A general strike continues in Bangladesh over a proposed change to the electoral system. 2011-07-7
U.S. diplomats applied pressure on Bangladesh to allow the London-based Global Coal Management company to reopen a large open-cast coal mine in the Phulbari area that was closed due to violent protests over foreign ownership of Bangladeshi resources succeeded in closing the mine. 2010-12-22