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1974 State of emergency declared as political situation deteriorates; fundamental rights under Constitution suspended. Google | 1975 Three of the four Cabinet members of late President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, killed in Dacca Central Jail were buried in Banani graveyard in Dacca while the body of former Industries Minister Mr. A.H.M Kamaruzzaman was flown to Rajshahi by a helicopter at the request of his relatives for burial. Google | 1987 At least four persons were killed and over 100 other injured in sporadic clashes between the police and demonstrators in different parts of the city during the observance of November 10 programme by the opposition. Google | 1987 Nur Hossain, perhaps the most widely known martyr in the movement in Bangladesh against the dictatorship of General Hossain Mohammad Ershad,
was shot down by police during the Dhaka Blockade program where his chest and back were painted with slogans 'Sairachar nipat jak, Ganatantra mukti pak (Down with autocracy, let democracy be established)'. Google | 1996 A gasoline bomb killed one person and injured 15 aboard a bus that was defying a nationwide general strike. Google | 1998 A general strike began and police clashed with strikers. An alliance of 7 opposition parties protested alleged attempts by police to kill their leader, Khaleda Zia. Google | 2006 Downtown Dhaka turned into a fierce battlefield with thousands of AL workers clashing with Jamaat supporters at Paltan for seven hours and with police at Bangabandhu Avenue and Golapshah Mazar that left at least six killed. Google | 2006 Under caretake government of Iajudding Ahmed, police truck runs over AL led 14-party coalition men, killing 1 in Karwan Bazar; rail line uprooted in Mymensingh, train derails injuring 50. Google | 2006 President Iajuddin Ahmed deployed the army to maintain order across the country after his interim government failed to end a political standoff over electoral reforms. Google | 2007 HuJI-B operations commander Mufti Mohammad Hannan and two other cadres of the outfit confessed to carrying out the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on the Awami League rally at Dhaka with the intent of killing the AL President Sheikh Hasina. Google | 2008 An ordinance promulgated by the President repealed the Emergency Powers Ordinance 2007 and Emergency Powers Rules 2007, thereby ending the state of emergency and restoring fundamental rights. The state of emergency had been enforced on January 11, 2007 amid political turmoil over the ninth parliamentary polls. Google | 2008 The state of emergency declared on January 11, 2007 restricting civil and political rights for almost two years was officially lifted. Google | 2010 The opposition BNP enforced the first nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike since the AL-led government came to power in January 2009. Google | 2013 Bangladesh police banned all rallies in Dhaka for the rest of the day after at least 31 people died in clashes between police and large numbers of Islamic hardliners demanding that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law. Google | 2013 At least 15 people have been killed and hundreds wounded as the 2nd day of an opposition strike demanded elections be held under a non-partisan administration. Google |