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1997 A tornado during the week killed 22 people and injured more than 400 at the site of an annual congregation of Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim gathering after Hajj.
Google | Bishwa Ijtema Timeline | 2005 MA Samad, chairman of BGIC Limited and a pioneer in the insurance industry of the country, died in Dhaka.
Google | BGIC Limited Timeline | 2009 A raging fire in the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) warehouse in Tejgaon industrial area of the capital burnt a large stockpile of textbooks and printing materials.
Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2018 Ayub Bachchu, a Bangladeshi musician and founding member of the rock band LRB, died at age 56 in Dhaka.
Google | Ayub Bachchu Timeline | 2025 The fire tore through storage areas used for imported raw materials, ready-to-export apparel, and product samples at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
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