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1939 Enayetullah Khan, veteran journalist, founder and editor of the Weekly Holiday and the New Age, was born in Mymensingh.
Google | Enayetullah Khan Timeline | 1971 The Kalurghat radio centre was shifted to Calcutta from Bagafa (Tripura State) where it started functioning on the same day.
Google | Kalurghat Radio Timeline | 1972 Firstever birthday of Nazrul was celebrated in Independent Bangladesh in his presense in Dhaka.
Google | Kazi Nazrul Islam Timeline | 1972 The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board (BCCB) was established.
Google | Bangladesh Cricket Timeline | 1985 May 24-25, Severe cyclonic storm hits Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Noakhali and their offshore islands (Sandwip, Hatiya, and Urirchar); maximum wind speed 154 km/hr and storm surge of 3.0-4.6m; about 11,069 persons killed, 94,379 and livestock lost 135,033.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1986 Ferry boat Shamia sank on Maghna River near Barishal district in Bangladesh and some 600 were killed.
Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2009 At least 200 people were killed and thousands went missing after cyclone Aila with packing wind of up-to 90km/hr hit Bangladesh's south-western coast.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 2015 Bangladesh bans Islamist militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (also called Ansar Bangla), which claims responsibility for killing and assaulting several pro-secular public figures.
Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline |