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Bangladesh

172 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Bangladesh, 1971 CE to 2018 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

148 entries, 1971 CE to 1999 CE — 25 shown, spread across the century

  • 19719 December – Chandpur and Daudkandi liberated.Bangladeshsource
  • 197110 December – Liberation of Laksham. Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by Indian air attack.Bangladeshsource
  • 1972In August of that year, Dhaka XI travelled to India's Guwahati to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy. The team finished runners-up behind East Bengal Club.Bangladeshsource
  • 1972Avijit Roy, writer and bloggerBangladeshsource
  • 197312 November: Bangladesh joined FAO.Bangladeshsource
  • 1974Abahani Krira Chakra became the first club after the independence of Bangladesh to participate in the IFA Shield.Bangladeshsource
  • 1975Domestic football: Mohammedan SC won 1975 Dhaka First Division League title, while Team JIC came out runners-up.Bangladeshsource
  • 197616 May - Farakka Long March was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, demanded demolition of the Farakka Barrage constructed by India to divert flow of Ganges waters inside its territory, triggering the drying up of river Padma and desertification of Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • 1977Government of Bangladesh launches Operation Dabanal in the Chittagong Hill TractsBangladeshsource
  • 1978As a result of Operation King Dragon by the Burmese junta, the first wave of Rohingya refugees entered Bangladesh in 1978. An estimated 200,000 Rohingyas took shelter in Cox's Bazar. Diplomatic initiatives over 16 months resulted in a repatriation agreement, which allowed the return of most refugees under a process facilitated by UNHCR.Bangladeshsource
  • 19797 April – Bangladesh started the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to reduce child deaths from vaccine preventable diseases.Bangladeshsource
  • 1980Mohammedan SC won 1980 Dhaka First Division League title, while Team BJMC came out runners-up.Bangladeshsource
  • 1981Abahani KC won 1981 Dhaka First Division League title.Bangladeshsource
  • 1982Bangladesh enacted the National Drug Policy which helped develop the drug manufacturing industry in Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • 1983Bangladeshi author Abdullah-Al-Muti won the UNESCO Kalinga Prize.Bangladeshsource
  • 1984Bangladesh participated in the first ever South Asian Games held in Kathmandu 17–23 September. Bangladesh won 2 golds (in Men's Triple Jump and Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay), 8 silvers and 13 bronzes to finish the tournament at the fifth position in overall points table.Bangladeshsource
  • 1985Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani was awarded posthumously for his contribution to social welfare.Bangladeshsource
  • 198625 August – Shahjalal University of Science and Technology was established.Bangladeshsource
  • 1987Richard William Timm was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work in Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • 1988Abahani KC won the Bangladesh Federation Cup.Bangladeshsource
  • 198911 November - An Islamist mob attacked Hindu shops and temples in Narsingdi. More than 25 Hindu-owned shops were set on fire and images in three temples were smashed.Bangladeshsource
  • 199226 March – The Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee set up mock trials known as Gono Adalat (People's Court) led by Jahanara Imam in Dhaka and 'sentenced' persons they accused of being war criminals.Bangladeshsource
  • 1994Bangladesh participated in the 1994 Asian Games which were held from 2 to 16 October 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. Bangladesh national kabaddi team won the only silver medal for the country in their event in the tournament. The other noticeable achievement in the tournament was that Bangladesh ranked 7th in the field hockey.Bangladeshsource
  • 1997The Bangladesh national cricket team toured New Zealand in November and December 1997 and played four first-class and four List A matches against teams representing the northern, central and southern regions of New Zealand. Bangladesh had been playing List A matches since 1986, but the four first-class matches on this tour were the first first-class matches played by any Bangladeshi team. However, Bangladesh team was not competitive in the longer version of the game against the stronger NZ regional teams.Bangladeshsource
  • 199828 November – Floods devastate rice fields, pushing Bangladesh's annual food shortfall to 4.3 million tons. Over 1000 people reportedly died in the floods.Bangladeshsource

21st century

24 entries, 2000 CE to 2018 CE

  • 200020 March – President Bill Clinton becomes the first president of America to visit Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • 20003 September – Bangladesh repeals Vested Property Act.Bangladeshsource
  • 2000The National League was organized for the first time in 2000. Abahani Limited Dhaka won the league title while Mohammedan SC came out runner-up.Bangladeshsource
  • 200014 April – Ekushey Television, Bangladesh's first privately owned terrestrial television network, begins transmissions.Bangladeshsource
  • 200026 July – Bangladesh announces closure of academic institutions over Dengue epidemic.Bangladeshsource
  • 200011 August – S. M. A. Rob, Khulna City Corporation mayoral candidate of the Awami League, was shot dead in front of his home.Bangladeshsource
  • 200029 December – A ferry capsizes in the Meghna river leading to 144 deaths.Bangladeshsource
  • 20011 January – Bangladesh High Court bans religious edicts also known as FatwasBangladeshsource
  • 200116 June – a bomb attack at a meeting of Bangladesh Awami League in Narayanganj results in the death of 22 peopleBangladeshsource
  • 200126 August – 50,000 people are marooned by flash floodingBangladeshsource
  • 20021 January – The government of Bangladesh banned the sale of polyethylene bags in the capital, Dhaka, for environmental reasons.Bangladeshsource
  • 20026 December - Coordinated bombing of four movie theaters caused in the deaths of 27 people and injured over 200 others in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • 2002In October, Bangladesh toured South Africa for another bi-lateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 test matches. Bangladesh could not win any of these matches either.Bangladeshsource
  • 2003The English cricket team toured Bangladesh from 12 October to 12 November 2003, playing a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series; England won all five matches to take whitewashes in both series.Bangladeshsource
  • 2003The Bangladesh national cricket team played two Test matches and three One Day International (ODI) matches on a mid-year tour of Australia in 2003. Australia easily won the two-match Test series. Bangladesh's performances' did not get any better during the ODI series—failing to score more than 147 in any innings—as Australia completed a clean-sweep.Bangladeshsource
  • 2003The South African national cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May and played a two-match Test series against the Bangladeshi national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 2–0.Bangladeshsource
  • 2004Bangladesh toured the West Indies from May to June 2004 to play two Test matches and three Limited Overs Internationals. The first test match was drawn, while West Indies won the second test.Bangladeshsource
  • 2004Bangladesh also made its Paralympic début at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country was represented by a single athlete competing in one sport, and did not win a medal.Bangladeshsource
  • 2005The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in January 2005 to play two Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1–0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.Bangladeshsource
  • 2005Matiur Rahman, the Editor of Daily Prothom Alo, was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award.Bangladeshsource
  • 2005Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.Bangladeshsource
  • 2006The 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held between 1 and 16 April 2006 in Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. Bangladesh defeated Cambodia, Guam and drew with Palestine to reach the knock-out round, but then left the tournament after losing to eventual champion Tajikistan.Bangladeshsource
  • 200621 August – Dawra degree of Qawmi Madrasah gets recognition as equivalent to master's degree.Bangladeshsource
  • 2018Ahmed Zawad Chowdhury won the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the International Mathematical Olympiad.Bangladeshsource