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1918 Srimangal earthquake strikes at 7.6 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was in Balisera valley near Srimangal. Although there was damage, the intensity rapidly decreased due to the shallow focal depth and only minor effects were felt in Dhaka.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1997 (Justice) Abusadat Mohammad Sayem (1916-1997), Bangladeshi jurist and statesman, first Chief Justice of Bangladesh and fifth President of Bangladesh, dies in Dhaka
Google | Abusadat Mohammad Sayem Timeline | 2003 A ferry with an estimated 750 passengers sank at the confluence of the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia rivers about 40 miles south of the capital, Dhaka. Some 220 survivors were counted.
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