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1968 To detach Sheikh Mujib and the Awami League from the general masses and to create divisions within the opposition alliance, the Pakistani government discovered a conspiracy dubbed as the Agartala Conspiracy.
Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline | 1971 Pratulchandra Sorcar, a.k.a. PC Sorcar (1913-1971), magician, died suddenly in Japan.
Google | Pratulchandra Sorcar Timeline | 1998 Frigid weather killed at least 165 people over the last 2 weeks.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 2004 Sumita Devi (1936-2004), legendary actress and filmmaker, dies in Dhaka.
Google | Sumita Devi Timeline | 2005 A fire at the Sun Knit garment factory in Siddhirganj killed 22 people. Most of the exits were found locked.
Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2009 Dr. Dipu Moni, politician, medical doctor by profession and also a lawyer and Advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, becomes the first woman foreign minister of a South Asian country.
Google | Dipu Moni Timeline | 2009 Sheikh Hasina is sworn in as prime minister, ending two years of rule by army-backed interim government.
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