BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Jul 12

1942 Abdullah Al Mamun, celebrated playwright, actor and award-winning filmmaker, was born in Jamalpur.
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1987 District Council Amendment Bill was passed by the Jatiyo Party majority in National Parliament even after continued protests by opposition five-party alliances.
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2001 Dhaka High Court gives a split verdict on the Public Safety Act (PSA) with one judge of a two-member bench declaring the entire law 'illegal' and ultra vires to the Constitution. But other member differs with the opinion that the entire law was contrary to the Constitution.
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2003 Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932-2003), jurist, lawyer, attorney-general, two-time adviser to neutral caretaker Governments of Bangladesh, public figure, died.
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2006 Dilip Biswas, award winning film director and producer, died at the age of 60 at Bumrungrad hospital in Bangkok.
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