BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Feb 25

1926 Samson H Chowdhury, legendary business icon and founde of SQUARE Group, was born at Ataikula village about 160 kilometres off the capital, in the north-western part of Bangladesh.
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1948 Dhirendranath Dutta, a Bengali member of Pakistan’’s Constituent Assembly, demands that Bengali be one of the languages employed in the legislative body.
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1952 It was declared that Dacca (Dhaka) University will be closed sin die due to student uproar in conjunction with the language movement.
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1972 Syed Muhammed Taifoor (1885-1972), author, antiquarian, historian, died in Dhaka at the age of 87.
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1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman abolishes all parties but one - the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (Bangladesh Peasants, Workers, and People's League), the new name of the Awami League - which was under his direct control.
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1996 Violence in Bangladesh kept the election turnout to about 15%. Opposition leaders filed no candidates and claimed that the results showed that Prime Minister Zia had lost authority to rule.
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2005 At least 9 United Nations (UN) peacekeepers from Bangladesh have been killed after gunmen attacked 2 patrols in Congo.
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2006 At least 21 people died and 100 were injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Dhaka.
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2007 Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation (BSEC) Bhaban housing a dozen of media and headquarters of NTV and RTV, financial and business enterprises in the capital's Karwan Bazar area burnt in a devastating fire, leaving 4 dead and 100 injured.
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2009 Heavy gunshots and frequent grenade explosions rocked the BDR headquarters as soldiers rebelled against officers; the 33-hour carnage left 74 dead including 57 army officers.
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2010 At least 21 garment workers, including 15 women, died from smoke inhalation in a fire at Garib & Garib sweater factory in Bhogra of Gazipur.
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2010 Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, makes dubet in politics by formally joining Awami League as a primary member from the country's northern Rangpur district.
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2015 An arrest warrant is issued for Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, after she fails to show up to face graft charges.
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