1977 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem was forced to resign as the president of Bangladesh because of 'ill health'.Google | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Timeline1977 Lt. General Ziaur Rahman became the president of Bangladesh.Google | Ziaur Rahman Timeline2003 Two ferry boats capsized during tropical storms on different rivers, and hundreds of people were missing. MV Mitali, went down in the Buriganga River, and the ML Majlishpur ferry, carrying about 90 members of a wedding party, capsized in the Meghna River.Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline2006 In western Bangladesh dozens of people were feared to have drowned when a bus packed with about 50 wedding guests plunged into a river.Google | Road and Railway Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline2011 A passenger ferry with 100 passengers was moving from Bhairab towards Jamalganj when it collided with a shipwreck that left 24 people dead.Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline2017 Lucky Aakhand (1955-2017), legendary Bangladeshi singer-composer, who has contributed significantly to the new era of modern Bangla music, died in Dhaka.Google | Lucky Akhand Timeline