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1998 The death toll from flooding reached 103 left some 10 million people stranded.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1999 Earthquake occurred in Maheshkhali island with the epicentre in the same place, a magnitude of 5.2. Severely felt around Maheshkhali island and the adjoining sea. Houses cracked and in some cases collapsed.
Google | Maheshkhali Timeline | 2004 Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami and Industries Minister, Motiur Rahman Nizami, claims that Islamist vigilante leader Bangla Bhai does not exist in reality and was a media creation.
Google | Motiur Rahman Nizami Timeline | 2009 The government shuts down factory of Brahmanbaria-based Rid Pharmaceutical Limited after at least 29 children's death since July 2009 due to acute renal failure owing to toxin Paracetamol syrup produced by the company.
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