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1861 Dhaka Prakash, the first Bengali language newspaper published in Dhaka, capital of East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). The newspaper remained in publication for about a century.
Google | Mass Media in Bangladesh Timeline | 1971 Historic 7th March: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made a clarion call for non-cooperation movement and asked the nation to prepare for the war of independence from the exploitative Pakistani regime.
Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1973 The Bangladesh Awami League led by Sheikh Mujibu Rahman wins overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections securing 293 seats out of 300.
Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline | 1973 The first general election in Bangladesh was held with 1,209 candidates including 120 independents contested for 300 seats.
Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline | 1999 Ten persons killed and over 150 injured when two bombs planted by suspected religious extremists explode at a cultural function at Udichi's 12th Conference in Jessore district.
Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 Tarique Rahman, politician and Senior Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the son of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was arrested by the joint forces as part of the interim government's crackdown on corruption.
Google | Tarique Rahman Timeline | 2019 Md Atiqul Islam, businessman and former head of BGMEA, newly elected mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) takes oath of office.
Google | Dhaka City Corporation Timeline | 2023 An explosion took place at about 4:50pm in a seven-storey building at Siddique Bazar in Gulistan killing at least 20 people and injuring over 100.
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