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The government of West Bengal, India, deports nearly 5,000 Bangladeshi nationals and detains hundreds more as part of a campaign targeting undocumented migrants following the state's recent election.
2026-06-8

Bangladesh closes all universities by advancing the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to reduce electricity consumption during an energy crisis linked to the Iran war.
2026-03-9

A cargo train collides with a passenger train in Bhairab, Bangladesh, killing at least 17 people and injuring many others.
2023-10-23

Bangladesh removes a passage from its passport saying that it cannot be used for travel to and from Israel, thereby formally lifting the travel ban.
2021-05-22

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

Chinese delegates visiting the Burmese capital of Naypyidaw propose a three-phase plan to resolve the conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh expressed support for the plan, which included repatriating refugees that have fled from violence in Rakhine State.
2017-11-19

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

Tropical storms kill at least 36 people and injure scores in Bangladesh over the past couple of days, with Bogra District hardest hit (20 deaths).
2015-04-6

A train derails in the Bangladesh district of Gaibandha as a result of sabotage resulting in at least 3 deaths. Over 60 people have been killed since an opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced a campaign against next months election.
2013-12-4

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