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1863 Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury (1863-1915), writer of juvenile literature, musician, artist, and a pioneer of Bengali printing industry, was born in the village Masua in Mymensingh district. Google | Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury Timeline | 1984 Khaleda Zia was elected the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Google | Khaleda Zia Timeline | 1985 Pramathanath Bishi (1901-1985), writer and educationist, died in Calcutta. Google | Pramathanath Bishi Timeline | 2007 United Arab Emirates based Warid Telecom, the country’’s sixth mobile phone operator, launches its service in Bangladesh. Google | Telecommunications in Bangladesh Timeline | 2013 Reshma Begum, a female garmet worker who worked a seamstress on the third floor of Rana Plaza, was rescued alive from the rubble 17 days after the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Savar. Google | Reshma Begum Timeline |