BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Aug 11

1922 Dhumketu, a bi-weekly Bangla paper edited by the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, commenced publication.
Google | Kazi Nazrul Islam Timeline
1931 Salimullah Muslim Hall was inaugurated as a university hall for the students of Dhaka University.
Google | Dhaka University Timeline
1972 Ora Egaro Jon, first film about Bangladesh Liberation War, was released.
Google | Cinema of Bangladesh Timeline
1977 The newly constructed 100 foot long Farmgate overbridge on the Airport road was formally opened to the pedestrians.
Google | Farmgate Timeline
2004 Humayun Azad, prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar, was found dead in his apartment in Munich, Germany, where he had moved just a week prior to conduct research on the nineteenth century German romantic poet Heinrich Heine.
Google | Humayun Azad Timeline