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1911 Begum Sufia Kamal (1911–1999), Bangladeshi poet and political activist, was born in Barisal.
Google | Begum Sufia Kamal Timeline | 1947 The Bengal Legislative Assembly met to decide the future of the Bengal Province, as between being a United Bengal within India or Pakistan or divided into West Bengal and East Bengal as the homelands for the Bengali Hindus and the Bengali Muslims, respectively.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 1987 Dhaka City Museum (Dhaka Nagar Jadughar), an antiquarian institution under the Dhaka City Corporation came into being as a private establishment to preserve the historical relics and cultural heritage of Dhaka city.
Google | Dhaka City Museum Timeline | 1996 Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, Chairman of Palestine Liberation Organization, President of Palestine National Authority, leader of political party Fatah, arrives in Dhaka in a visit.
Google | Yasser Arafat Timeline | 2001 The Jatiya Sangsad unanimously passed the Father of the Nation Family Security Bill, 2001 in an amended form providing life long security and other relevant facilities including secured accommodation to Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina and Shiekh Rehana, the two surviving daughters of Bangabandhu.
Google | Shaikh Hasina Timeline | 2006 Around 150 people injured in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country in clashes between police Awami League led 14-party opposition's siege programme demanding electoral reforms, resignation of the chief election commissioner and two election commissioners.
Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline | 2019 The first-ever International Theatre Festival of Bangladesh inaugurated at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka featuring France, India, Russia, China, Vietnam, Nepal and Bangladesh.
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