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1926 Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Bangladeshi jurist and statesman, first Chief Justice of Bangladesh and fifth President of Bangladesh, was born in Rangpur.
Google | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Timeline | 1949 The executive council of Dhaka University (DU) expelled Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four other students on charges of 'instigating' a movement launched by class four employees demanding increase of salaries and allowances.
Google | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline | 1969 General Yahya Khan, in a radio broadcast, promises the creation of ‘’conducive to the holding of general elections’’ in Pakistan.
Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is arrested by the Pakistani 3 commando unit. Independence of Bangladesh is declared by Sheikh Mujibiur Rahman few minutes before he was arrested by Pakistani army. Independence of Bangladesh was declared by Awami league leader of Chittagong M. A. Hannan on behalf of Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat. This is Bangladesh's official Independence Day.
Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1972 Petrobangla successor of Bangladesh Mineral Oil and Gas Corporation (BOGMC) was created through the Presidential Order No 27.
Google | Petrobangla Timeline | 1972 Agrani Bank, a nationalised commercial bank (NCB) of Bangladesh was established under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order 1972 by taking over two abandoned Pakistani banks - Habib Bank and Commerce Bank.
Google | Agrani Bank Timeline | 1996 The Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act 1996 was passed which provided for a non-party Caretaker Government which, acting as an interim government, would give all possible aid and assistance to the Election Commission for holding the general election of members of the Jatiya Sangsad.
Google | Caretaker Government Timeline | 1997 Grameenphone (GP), a telecommunications service provider, started operations on the Independence Day in Bangladesh.
Google | Grameenphone Timeline | 1997 Turkish president Suleyman Demirel along with Palestine President Yasser Arafat and President of South Africa Nelson Mandela attended a public rally in Dhaka in the celebration of 25th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence.
Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 2004 President of Care (USA) Peter Bell arrives in Dhaka on a six-day official visit.
Google | Peter Bell Timeline | 2008 James Francis Moriarty takes oath to be the newly appointed US ambassador to Bangladesh at the US State Department in Washington.
Google | Bangladesh USA Relations Timeline | 2020 Bangladesh government imposed nationwide lock-down due to COVID-19 which was due to end on 4 April and was extended to April 11, then to April 14, April 25, May 5, May 7, May 16 and finally to May 30.
Google | COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh Timeline | 2021 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Dhaka for a two-day visit to join celebrations marking 50 years of the country’’s independence. The visit also coincided with the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His visit sparked violent protests resulting in 12 deaths in the country.
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