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Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the country's interim government.
2024-08-8

A ferry carrying Hindu pilgrims capsizes and sinks in Panchagarh District, Bangladesh, killing 66 people and leaving dozens of others missing.
2022-09-25

Mohibullah, a prominent Rohingya Muslim leader and high-profile advocate for the Rohingya, is killed by a gunman in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.
2021-09-29

Bangladesh reports a record 153 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the national death toll to 15,065.
2021-07-4

Bangladeshi authorities announces that the country will enter a total lockdown on 28 June as the number of COVID-19 cases increases dramatically.
2021-06-25

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

The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina sign an accord ending four decades of disputes over the borders of India and Bangladesh.
2011-09-7

A second nationwide strike takes place in Bangladesh over changes to the electoral system.
2011-06-12

Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers block highways, attack factories and loot shops in Dhaka after rejecting a minimum wage increase offered by the Government of Bangladesh.
2010-07-30

Tiny South Talpatti Island off the coast of Bengal disappears, washed away thirty years after the mud flat island was created by delta currents, ending the Indian and Bangladeshi dispute over the territory. The Calcutta Institute raised fears over more islands, such as the Maldives, going under in the future. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-south_asia-8584665.stm (BBC)] [http:--timesofindia.indiatimes.com-home-environment-global-warming-New-Moore-isle-no-more-expert-blames-warming-articleshow-5720685.cms ("The Times of India")] [http:--www.latimes.com-news-nationworld-world-la-fg-disappearing-island25-2010mar25,0,3895432.story ("Los Angeles Times")] [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2010-03-24-1544558-disputed-isle-in-bay-of-bengal.html ("Miami Herald")]date=July 2019
2010-03-24