2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2013 Event In Bangladesh, workers seeking higher pay go on strike, and hundreds of garment factories shut down 2013 Event Britain, France and Germany close embassies in Yemen; Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh; the U.S. closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North America due to intelligence of an impending Al-Qaeda attack 2013 Event Savar, Bangladesh celebrates a woman found alive in the rubble 17 days after after a garment factory building collapsed and killed over 1,042 people 2013 Event Zillur Rahman, age 84, the President of Bangladesh, dies in office after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore; the government declared three days of mourning 2011 Event During the 40th anniversary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, a bomb kills one person and clashes break out between security and opposition protesters 2010 Event An additional 23 soldiers from the Bangladesh Rifles are sentenced to imprisonment for mutiny in February 2009 2010 Event Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology in Bangladesh is shut down after a student rampage injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever 1996 Event Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final 1996 Death Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed, president of Bangladesh (1975), dies 1994 Event Bangladesh government of Zia resigns 1994 Event Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed 1993 Event Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin 1993 Death Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death 1992 Event India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh 1992 Event "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh 1991 Event In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1989 Event Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500 1988 Event 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 Event Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1987 Event Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s 1986 Event Bangladesh Constitution restored 1986 Event Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed 1986 Event Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200 1985 Event Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed 1981 Event Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers 1981 Death Ziaur Rahmen, President of Bangladesh, is assassinated 1979 Event President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh 1977 Event Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh 1976 Event Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president 1975 Event All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh 1975 Event Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed 1974 Event Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed 1974 Event Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh 1973 Event George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album 1973 Event Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1972 Event Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect 1972 Event Bangladesh adopts constitution 1972 Event Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth 1972 Event India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1972 Event East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1972 Event Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Event Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting 1971 Event Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan 1971 Event George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City 1971 Event George Harrison releases "Bangladesh" 1971 Event People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1971 Event Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1970 Event Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh 1970 Event 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1965 Event Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000 1965 Event Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000 1963 Event Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1962 Birthday Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University 1952 Event Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 1945 Birthday Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006
