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Members of the Jamaat-e-Islami party announce that they have prevented former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League party from holding a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to commemorate Noor Hossain Day.
2024-11-10

Hundreds of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against violence targeting the country's Hindu minority.
2024-08-9

Protestors storm the prime minister's residence and the National Parliament building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2024-08-5

Over 100 people are injured in violent clashes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between supporters of the ruling Awami League party and opposition demonstrators protesting government job quotas which benefit pro-government families.
2024-07-15

At least 32 people die when their ferry collides with another vessel and sinks in the Buriganga River, near Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. There are still about 20 passengers missing.
2020-06-29

A fire at a hospital kills five patients being treated for COVID-19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. No cause for the fire has been determined.
2020-05-27

Xulhaz Mannan, a Bangladeshi employee of a U.S. charity (USAID), who is also an editor for the country's only LGBT magazine, and a friend are hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by suspected Islamist militants. Guards at the building were also injured.
2016-04-25

The Dhaka High Court rules the registration of Bangladesh's largest Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal making it potentially ineligible to contest elections.
2013-08-1

At least seven workers die in the factory fire in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka.
2013-01-27

Police and protesters clash in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka over the authorities' bid to evict opposition leader Khaleda Zia from her home.
2010-11-13