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1949 The Morning News, a weekly English newspaper (later became daily), now defunct, was transferred from Kolkata to Dhaka.
Google | 1971 Soviet Navy deploys group of ships armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok to counter USS Enterprise.
Google | 1973 Shanti Bahini (Peace Force), was formed by Jyotindra Larma; initially as the Gana Mukti Fauj (People's Liberation Army) and later renamed to Shanti Bahini.
Google | 1973 The government has issued orders to immediately deploy 'sufficient number' of Rakkhi Bahini personnel at over 150 thana headquarters of the country in order to intensify drive against miscreants engaged in anti-social activities.
Google | 1975 Lok Shilpa Jadughar (Folk Art and Craft Museum) of Sonargaon was established by Bangladeshi painter Joynul Abedin.
Google | 1985 Nazrul Institute Library with publications and memoribila on poet Nazrul Islam was established in Dhanmondi.
Google | 1986 Double-decker ferry sank in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200.
Google | 1996 As many as 77 people were feared drowned in a sunken ferry after a collision on the Jamuna river. More than 50 ferries have sunk since 1981 killing more than 1,000 people.
Google | 1996 Shanti Bahini guerrillas killed 30 Bengali-speaking settlers in the southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Google | 1997 A ferry on the Dhanu River northeast of Dhaka capsized in a whirlpool and at least 50 people were drowned.
Google | 1999 200 people were feared dead when a river ferry boat sank. About 100 people were rescued or swam to shore.
Google | 2000 Passanger launch M.L. Rajhongshi went down after a head-on collision with another vessel in the Meghna leaving more than 200 passengers dead and another 100 or more missing.
Google | 2000 A ferry collided with another ferry ship and sank on the Meghna River in southeastern Bangladesh killing at least 178 people.
Google | 2001 Polythene bags were declared banned in Dhaka.
Google | 2002 The government introduces in the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) a bill seeking to repeal the controversial Public Safety (Special Provisions) Act, 2000. However, according to the provisions of the bill, all the ongoing cases filed under the law would continue till their disposal unless the government withdraws them.
Google | 2002 A ferry on the Meghna River capsized with some 400 passengers traveling from Dhaka to southern Patuakhali. Early reports had only 100 survivors. The ferry was raised and the death toll increased to 370.
Google | 2002 Some 200 people were feared dead after 19 boats disappeared in a storm off Bangladesh.
Google | 2003 In northeastern Bangladesh a river boat carrying more than 170 people capsized, killing 79 people, including 49 children.
Google | 2003 In northern Bangladesh up to 100 people were reported missing after a ferry capsized in the Nagchinni River. Searchers recovered the bodies of victims, bringing the death toll to 16.
Google | 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.
Google | 2003 Passanger launch M.L. Nasrin sank near Chandpur leaving more than 800 passengers dead; the vessel, with a capacity of 294, was reportedly carrying nearly 1,000 passengers.
Google | 2004 In eastern Bangladesh 2 river ferries carrying about 250 passengers capsized during a storm, and dozens of people were feared dead. The death toll climbed to 74.
Google | 2004 The country's first flyover at Mohakhali, 1.01 km long Mohakhali flyover opens.
Google | 2005 Passanger launch M.L. Prince of Patuakhali was caught in a nor'wester and capsised near Galachipa with more than 200 passengers on board; at least half of them either died or went missing.
Google | 2005 Passanger launch M.L. Raipura caught in a storm and capsised in the river Jamuna near Aricha with more than 300 passengers on board; at least 100 passengers lost their lives.
Google | 2005 At least 70 people were missing after a ferry capsized in the Bay of Bengal while sailing to Chittagong port in Bangladesh from a nearby island.
Google | 2006 At least 14 people including eight children and three women drowned as a motorised boat carrying 70 people sank in Sandwip Channel at Baro Kumara in Sitakunda.
Google | 2006 Indian Borders Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) locked in a fierce firefight for about 14 hours on Zakiganj border, exchanging around 10,000 bullets and 400 mortal shells.
Google | 2008 A launch carrying nearly 150 passengers was caught in a nor-wester and capsized in Ghorautra river in Nikli, Kishoreganj killing 42 people.
Google | 2009 A ferry boat sank after colliding with a larger ferry on the Titas River, killing 10 women and children.
Google | 2010 At least 18 people drowned and 19 others went missing, as a trawler carrying 100 passengers capsized in a haor in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj district.
Google | 2010 At least 37 people died from drowning when a passenger motorboat sank after a head-on collision with a cargo boat in the Dhanu river in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj.
Google | 2012 The MV Shariatpur-1, a Dhaka bound ferry carrying 250 people is hit by an oil-laden barge on the Meghna river in Munshiganj district of Bangladesh, some 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital.
Google | 2013 At least two people died and dozens were rescued after the ML Sarash passenger ferry collided with another ship and capsized on the River Meghna in Munshiganj district, dumping as many as 100 people into the water.
Google | 2014 M.V. Pinak ferry, licensed at 85 capacity, capsized in the Padma river southwest of Dhaka with about 200 passengers on board. About 100 people were rescued with 19 bodies recovered and at least 125 presumed dead.
Google | 2015 A trawler carrying up to 200 passengers sank in the River Payra in southern Bangladesh. Most people were rescued or swam ashore. At least five people died and two were missing.
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