1971 The Dacca station of Pakistan Television was unofficially renamed Dacca Television.Google | Bangladesh Television Timeline1971 Radio Pakistan Dhaka was renamed to Dhaka Betar Kendra.Google | Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Timeline1972 Bangladesh Biman started its international operations with a weekly flight to London using a Boeing 707 chartered from British Caledonian.Google | Bangladesh Biman Timeline1972 Newly independent Bangladesh starts printing its own currency.Google | Bangladeshi Taka Timeline1998 A final group of 209 Shanti Bahini rebels lay down arms.Google | Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict Timeline2001 A devastating fire burnt 200 houses fully in the slum on the cross dam near Sahid Boddhijibi Sriti Soudh.Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline2007 President Iajuddin Ahmed rejected the mercy petitions of six of the seven JMB militants who have been sentenced to death. The militants include JMB chief Abdur Rahman, second-in-command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, Majlish-e-Shura (the highest decision-making body) members Ataur Rahman Sunny, Khaled Saifullah and Abdul Awal, suicide bomber Iftekhar Al Mamun. The decision of the President clears the way for the execution of the militants.Google | Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh Timeline