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2020: 8 March: First three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bangladesh. [52] 18 March: First confirmed COVID-19 death in Bangladesh. [53] 20 May: Cyclone Amphan ravages West Bengal and south-western coast of Bangladesh. [54] 2023: 29 June The highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all-time Priyotoma was released. [55] [56] 2024: 5 August
The following is a detailed timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The first confirmed cases were recorded in Bangladesh on 8 March 2020 and continued to spread. As of 13 August 2020, the number of confirmed cases were over 269,000 and the number of deaths were 3,557. [1]
9 February – Bangladesh wins the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating the defending champions India in the final. [ 3 ] 11 February – Fifteen Rohingya refugees died, and another 72 were rescued, when a trawler bound for Malaysia sank off of St. Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal , leading to police to file charges against 19 ...
The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. The region's early history was characterized by a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms and empires that fought for control over the Bengal region .
Infections remained low until the end of March but saw a steep rise in April. [6] In the week ending on 11 April, new cases in Bangladesh grew by 1,155 percent, the highest in Asia, ahead of Indonesia, with 186 percent. [7] On 6 May, cases were confirmed in all districts. Rangamati was the last district to report confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday in a televised address by the army chief, has brought focus once more to the country's ...
The 2020 mayoral election of Dhaka South City Corporation was held on 1 February 2020. A total of 6 major candidates participated in the election. The result was a victory for the Awami League candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. [1] Ishraque Hossain of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received the second highest number of votes. [2]
The first three known cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology institute, IEDCR. Since then, the pandemic has spread day by day over the whole nation and the number of affected people has been increasing. Bangladesh is the second most affected country in South Asia, after India. [77]