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1973 Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC), the state-run life insurance provider in Bangladesh, was established under the Insurance Corporation Act 1973. Google | Jiban Bima Corporation Timeline | 1973 Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) was established under the Insurance Corporation Act 1973. Google | Sadharan Bima Corporation Timeline | 1991 FedEx, global courier delivery services company and licensee of Federal Express Corporation, started its operations in Bangladesh. Google | FedEx Timeline | 1998 Shawkat Osman (1917-1998), educationist, novelist, short story writer, died in Dhaka. Google | Shawkat Osman Timeline | 2002 Rawshan Jamil (1931-2002), dancer and actress, died in Dhaka. Google | Rawshan Jamil Timeline | 2008 At least eight people were killed and around 100 others injured when Sylhet-bound speeding Upaban Express hit a Noakhali-bound train standing at the Ashuganj station in Brahmanbaria. Google | Timeline | 2020 Anisuzzaman (1937–2020), Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature and National Professor of Bangladesh, dies at age 83 in Dhaka. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the War of Liberation (1971). Google | Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman Timeline |