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1955 Andrew Kishore, one of the most popular playback singer of Bangladesh, was born in Rajshahi. Google | Andrew Kishore Timeline | 1972 The Constitution of Bangladesh was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh. Google | Constitution of Bangladesh Timeline | 1972 The 403-member Constituent Assembly passed the Constitution of Bangladesh pledging the young nation, within 10 months of her freedom, to the high ideals of Nationalism, Socialism, Democracy and Secularism. The passage of the 153 Article Constitution Bill in Bengali came at 1:15 in the early afternoon shortly after an hour-long speech by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Google | Constitution of Bangladesh Timeline | 1998 The Prothom Alo, Bangla daily, starts its journey. Google | Prothom Alo Timeline | 2004 The country's first 1.12-kilometre-long flyover at Mohakhali in the capital opens. It was constructed at a cost of Tk 113 crore with financial assistance from the World Bank. Google | Mohakhali Timeline | 2019 Sadeque Hossain Khoka (1952–2019), a freedom fighter, Bangladeshi politician, 2nd mayor of Dhaka City Corporation during 2002 to 2011, member of parliament and minister of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, dies in New York at age 67. Google | Sadeque Hossain Khoka Timeline |