2024 in Bangladesh
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The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
It will follow 1430 and 1431 Baṅgābda (Bengali Year).
The year 2024 is the 53rd year of the independence of Bangladesh.
Incumbents[edit]
National government[edit]
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Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is convicted for violating the country's labour laws.[1] He and three others from Grameen Telecom are each sentenced to six-months in jail by Dhaka's labour court; and subsequently given one-month bail on the condition of appealing against the verdict.
- 5 January – Five people are killed in a suspected arson attack on the Benapole Express train in the Gopibagh area of Dhaka.[2]
- 7 January :
- 2024 Bangladeshi general election: Voters select members of the Jatiya Sangsad amid a boycott from opposition parties.[3]
- A fire in the Kutupalong refugee camp destroys hundreds of shelters and facilities and displaces nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees.
February[edit]
- 5 February: A resident of Bandarban district is killed by cross-border shelling in a spillover effect of the Myanmar Civil War that also sees the entry of an armed Burmese faction into Bangladesh.[4][5]
- 29 February: At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka.[6]
March[edit]
- 15 March: The Bangladesh ship MV Abdullah along with its crew is captured and held hostage by Somali pirates.[7]
April[edit]
- 10 April: Fifty-five Kuki-Chin National Front militants are arrested by Bangladesh Police in Bandarban.[8]
- 15 April: The MV Abdullah and its crew is released by Somali pirates after 32 days in captivity.[9]
May[edit]
- 16 May: Nine Bangladeshi youths are named in the prestigious "Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list" an award for young entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators under the age of 30.[10]
- 22 May: Awami League MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar is found killed in Kolkata, India after being reported missing since 13 May. Three Bangladeshis are arrested in connection with his death.[11]
- 26 May: Seven people are reported killed and two others reported missing across the country due to Cyclone Remal.[12]
June[edit]
- 19 June: Eight people are killed in mudslides in Cox’s Bazar.[13]
Deaths[edit]
- 6 January: Zahirul Haque, 89, footballer (Police AC, Mohammedan SC, Pakistan national team).[14]
- 16 January: Rezwan Hossain Siddiqui, 71, journalist, director general of Press Institute of Bangladesh.[15]
- 23 January: Mohammad Rais Uddin, 35, paramilitary officer (Border Guard Bangladesh).[16]
References[edit]
- ^ Beaumont, Peter (1 January 2024). "Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus convicted of violating Bangladesh's labour laws". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Five killed as packed train catches fire in Bangladesh". The Economic Times. 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh to hold parliamentary elections on January 7". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Fighting in Myanmar: Blood spills on this side of border". 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Hasina asks Border Guard Bangladesh to be patient amid Myanmar fighting".
- ^ "Bangladesh fire: At least 43 dead in Dhaka building blaze". BBC News. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/341885/location-of-hijacked-bangladeshi-ship-being
- ^ https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/343816/knf-associate-held-in-bandarban
- ^ "Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month". Associated Press. 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "9 Bangladeshis named in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list". 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Missing Bangladesh governing party's MP found murdered in India: Minister". Al Jazeera. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Cyclone floods coastal villages and cuts power in Bangladesh, where 800,000 had evacuated". Associated Press. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
- ^ "Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India". Al Jazeera. 19 June 2024.
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, ক্রীড়া (2024-01-06). "ফুটবল অঙ্গন ভুলেই গেছে জহিরুল হককে, নীরব বিদায় মোহামেডান কিংবদন্তির". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ Report, Star (2024-01-17). "Journalist Rezwan Siddiqui no more". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ^ "BGB member killed in BSF firing at Benapole border". The Business Standard. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-23.