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1994 Mohammad Nasiruddin (1888–1994), a Bangladeshi journalist and progressive thinker, important reformer of Muslim Bengal in early 20th century and provided platform for female, died in Dhaka at age 105.
Google | Mohammad Nasiruddin Timeline | 1996 President Abdur Rahman Biswas accused the army chief (Lt General) Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim of ordering troops to march against the government. There has been 2 presidents assassinated, 3 military coups, and 18 coup attempts since independence in 1971.
Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2004 Two persons are killed and at least 100 others, including the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Anwar Chowdhury, sustain injuries during a bomb explosion at the Hazrat Shahjalal shrine in Sylhet town.
Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2005 The Khanjahan Ali Bridge on the river Rupsha opens. The 1.36km-long bridge was constructed at a cost of Tk 726.15 crore funded by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Japan and the Bangladesh government.
Google | Khanjahan Ali Bridge Timeline | 2006 Submarine cable at its landing station in Cox's Bazar was inaugurated as part of South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe-4 (SEA-ME-WE-4) project connecting the country with undersea fibre-optic cable.
Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2016 Cyclone Roanu made landfall near Chittagong. A storm surge up to 7 ft (2.0 m) hit the coast of Bangladesh at afternoon. The cyclone approached the land over the coast at Sandwip, Hatia, Kutubdia, Sitakundu and Feni. 30 people died and around 40,000 homesteads and business houses were damaged.
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