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1971 Altaf Mahmud (1933-1971), singer, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter, was arrested from his residence and brutally killed by the Pakistani Army.
Google | Altaf Mahmud Timeline | 2001 (Justice) AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915-2001), former president of Bangladesh, died in Dhaka.
Google | AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury Timeline | 2002 The motorcade of Leader of the opposition and former Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina is attacked by armed cadres allegedly belonging to the ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP), in Satkhira. Hasina's political secretary, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, alleges the attackers are cadres of the BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Google | Shaikh Hasina Timeline | 2004 Two Interpol experts examine the evidence the intelligence agencies gathered from the scene of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on Awami League rally in Dhaka.
Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2004 A general strike to protest a recent grenade attack that killed 20 people at an opposition political rally brought Bangladesh to a near standstill.
Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline | 2006 The Awami League (AL) led 14-party opposition alliance enforces a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country to protest the killing of seven people by the law enforcers at Phulbari in Dinajpur on August 26, 2006.
Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline | 2017 Bangladesh wins first ever Test Cricket match against Australia.
Google | Bangladesh Cricket Timeline | 2017 Mohammad Abdul Jabbar (1938–2017). Bangladeshi singer, Ekushey Padak winner, dies at age 78 in Dhaka.
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