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1952 At 6 p.m. an order under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code prohibiting processions and meetings in Dhaka City is promulgated. This order generated tension and resentment among the students involved in language movement. Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 2003 Golam Mustafa (1935-2003), performing artist mainly in the branches of theatre, cinema and poetry recitation, died. Google | Golam Mustafa Timeline | 2019 A deadly fire broke out in the Chawkbazar area of old Dhaka at about 10.40pm local time killing 70. The blaze began at an apartment building which was partly used to store chemicals that triggered the incident. Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2021 Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman (known as ATM Shamsuzzaman (1941–2021), Bangladeshi film and television actor, director and screen-playwright, dies at age 79 in Dhaka. Google | ATM Shamsuzzaman Timeline |