BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Oct 08

1971 Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was launched formally by the Mujibnagar government.
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1999 Seven persons of the Ahamadiya sect killed and some 40 injured when a bomb planted by Islamic terrorists explodes during Friday prayers at the Kadiani Mosque in Khulna.
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2000 In southwestern Bangladesh fresh rains submerged 25 villages.
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2004 A Bangladesh Biman F28 aircraft of Dhaka-Sylhet route lost its control and skidded off the runway at the Sylhet Airport.
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2009 Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been named The Wisden Cricketer magazine's 2009 World Test Player of the Year. Shakib, who led Bangladesh to their first overseas test series victory, is the first Bangladeshi cricketer to win the award.
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2013 At least 10 people were killed in a fire at the Aswad garment factory in Gazipur.
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2017 A refugee boat en route to Bangladesh from Myanmar capsizes, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
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