BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  May 16

1974 Tirjak Natya Gosthi, a theatre group, was founded in Chittagong.
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1976 Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani led a long march from Rajshahi towards India's Farakka barrage to protest against plans to deprive Bangladesh of its rightful share of the Ganges waters.
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2004 The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act 2004 was passed to reserve 45 seats for female MPs.
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2009 Dr MA Wazed Miah, a nuclear physicist and husband of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, died after a long battle with illness at the age of 66 years.
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2010 In eastern Bangladesh a speeding bus plunged off a bridge after slamming into another bus, killing 11 people and injuring 32 others.
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2013 Cyclonic Storm Viyaru, formerly known as Cyclonic Storm Mahasen has lashed coastal areas of Bangladesh, killing 12 people, destroying thousands of huts and forcing up to a million people to flee.
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2020 Azad Rahman (1944-2020), renowned singer, composer and music director, died in Dhaka.
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