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1772 Khwaja Alimullah (1772-1854), the first Nawab of Dhaka and founder of the Dhaka Nawab family, was born in Begum Bazaar, Bengal Presidency, British India.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 1974 Syed Muztaba Ali (1904-1974), educationist and writer, died.
Google | Syed Muztaba Ali Timeline | 1982 President Abdus Sattar dissolved the Council of Ministers saying that the step was taken to free the overall administrative system from corruption and inertness.
Google | Abdus Sattar Timeline | 1992 A national coordination committee was formed at the call of author Jahanara Imam from a sense of commitment to the principles of the Liberation War, love of country and resentment at the government's failure to try the war criminals.
Google | Jahanara Imam Timeline | 1999 5 people were killed during nationwide general strike called by BNP led opposition parties.
Google | Bangladesh Nationalist Party Timeline | 2001 Tawfiq Aziz Khan, eminent journalist, sports writer and commentator, and former executive editor of The Daily Star, died.
Google | Tawfiq Aziz Khan Timeline | 2007 Muhammad Yunus wrote an open letter, published in the Daily Star, where he asked citizens for views on his plan to float a political party to establish political goodwill, proper leadership and good governance. In the letter, he called on everyone to briefly outline how he should go about the task and how they can contribute to it.
Google | Muhammad Yunus Timeline | 2009 Zillur Rahman, veteran politician, senior leader and presidium member of Awami League, was elected unopposed as the 19th President of Bangladesh by the Election Commission.
Google | Zillur Rahman Timeline | 2010 A fire in the sprawling tower block development of Japan Garden City in Mohammadpur area claimed seven lives including two women and two children.
Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2012 2 prominent television journalists, Meherun Runi (33) and Sagar Sarwar (35), were brutally stabbed to death at their home in the capital Dhaka.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 2013 A bus carrying pilgrims to beach resort town of Cox's Bazaar plunged into a dried up river, killing at least 17 people and injuring another 26.
Google | Road and Railway Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2020 An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps sank in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead, mostly women.
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