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1971 The Kalurghat radio transmission centre in Chittagong was abandoned when it was heavily shelled by the Pakistan Air Force. Google | Kalurghat Timeline | 1984 President Hussain Muhammad Ershad appoints Ataur Rahman Khan the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Google | Ataur Rahman Khan Timeline | 1996 The sixth Jatiya Shangshad (National Parliament) was dissolved just 12 days after it began. Google | Jatiya Shangshad Timeline | 2001 A devastating fire killed 10 persons, injured 12 and burnt 1000 houses at the labor colony of Dhaka match factory in Shampur area of Dhaka. Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 Six top Islamic militants convicted of killing two judges in a 2005 bomb attack in southern Bangladesh were hanged. Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 2010 Khoda Box Mridha (1945–2010), Bangladeshi sports commentator, player, and sports organizer, dies Hethemkhan, Rajshahi at age 65. Google | Khoda Box Mridha Timeline | 2010 Khoda Bakhsh Mridha, sports commentator of Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Radio, died in Rajshahi at the age of 68. Google | Khoda Bakhsh Mridha Timeline | 2016 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been made secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after serving as the acting secretary general for five years. Google | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Timeline | 2016 The first phase of the Moghbazar flyover, Bangladesh's longest flyover to-date, was inaugurated after long delays by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The 8.25-kilometre flyover is being constructed in three parts - from Holy Family hospital to Tejgaon, Kakrail to Rampura and Mouchak to Banglamotor. Google | Moghbazar Flyover Timeline |