BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Mar 05

1956 Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq was appointed the Governor of East Bengal.
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1971 Thousands of freedom loving Bangalees (Bengalis) took to the streets protesting the postponement of the Assembly session.
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1996 Khondakar Mostaq Ahmad, freedom fighter, minister and President of Bangladesh, died in Dhaka.
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2001 A devastating fire burnt fishing nets and boats, houses of 150 fishermen families in the fishing village at Halisahar of Chittagong.
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2008 The US branded Harkat-ul-Jihad Al Islami, Bangladesh (HUJI-B) as a foreign terrorist organisation and an 'especially designated' global terrorist outfit as announced by US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice under an executive order in Washington.
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