1831 Sangbad Prabhakar, first Bangla daily newspaper was published with poet Ishwar Chandra Gupta as its editor.Google | Sangbad Prabhakar Timeline1937 Suman Kalyanpur (Suman Hemadey), famous playback singers of Hindi movies in the 1950s and 1960s, was born in Dhaka.Google | Suman Kalyanpur Timeline1952 The students of Dhaka University in a protest meeting call the Prime Minister Nazimuddin and the Provincial Ministers as stooges of West Pakistan.Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline1974 Abdul Malek Wakil was elected as the speaker of the National Parliament.Google | Aviation History in Bangladesh Timeline1982 The National Assembly Building (Jatiya Sangshad Bhaban) at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar designed by Louis Kahn (1901-1974) was inaugurated by the then President Justice Abdus Sattar.Google | Aviation History in Bangladesh Timeline1990 A passenger ferry sank in a river when it collided with another vessel. The incident subsequently killed several people, but the actual toll was never counted.Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline1996 A passenger ferry in the Bay of Bengal sank in the river with 150 passengers during an extreme weather condition.Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline2001 Appreciating the effectiveness of the Public Safety Act (PSA) in curbing terrorism and extortion, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges the police forces to apply it cautiously.Google | Timeline2005 Shah AMS Kibria, prominent Awami League (AL) politician, was killed in a grenade attack at a political rally.Google | Shah AMS Kibria Timeline2007 Bangla Bhai, who has been kept in Kashimpur Jail, submitted his mercy petition to the President.Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline