BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Feb 16

1927 Shahidullah Kaiser (1927-1971), journalist and novelist, was born in Mazupur village of Feni.
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1956 It was proposed in the Pakistan National Assembly to give recognition to Bangla as a state language and inclusion of it in the constitution.
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1957 Shammi Akhter (1957-2018), birth name Shamima Akhter, Bangladeshi playback singer, was born.
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1982 Muhammad Enamul Haq (1902-1982), researcher, litterateur, educationist and first Director of the newly established Bangla Academy, died.
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1984 (General) Mohammad Ataul Ghani Osmany (1918-1984), commander-in-chief of the Liberation Forces and of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, died in London.
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2002 It was reported that 80% of the country’’s 235 rivers were drying up due to silting, dumping and construction of unplanned embankments.
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2003 Abu Ishaque (1926-2003), eminent novelists, died at age 77.
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2008 Monwar Hossain Nannu, footballer, died in Dhaka at the age of 59 after fighting colon cancer.
Google | Monwar Hossain Nannu Timeline