2024 in Bangladesh explained

The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. It will follow 1430 and 1431 Baṅgābda (Bengali Year).The year 2024 is the 53rd year of the independence of Bangladesh.

Incumbents

National government

PhotoPostName
President of BangladeshMohammed Shahabuddin
(Age)
Prime Minister of BangladeshSheikh Hasina (fled the country on 5 August)
(Age)
Chief Adviser of BangladeshMuhammad Yunus (since 8 August)
(Age)
Speaker of the Jatiya SangsadShirin Sharmin Chaudhury (until 6 August)
(Age)
Chief Justice of BangladeshObaidul Hassan (until 10 August)
(Age)
Syed Refaat Ahmed (since 10 August)
(Age)
Cabinet Secretary of BangladeshMd. Mahbub Hossain
(Age)
Chief Election Commissioner of BangladeshKazi Habibul Awal
(Age)
Jatiya Sangsad12th Jatiya Sangsad (until 6 August)

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

Sheikh Hasina resigns as Prime Minister and flees to India while her official residence is stormed by protesters. The Bangladesh Armed Forces announces that an interim government would be created,[29] while hundreds are killed in related violence nationwide.[30]

Deaths

Notes and References

  1. News: Beaumont . Peter . 1 January 2024 . Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus convicted of violating Bangladesh's labour laws . . 2 January 2024.
  2. Web site: 2024-08-07 . Dr Yunus acquitted, sentence overturned in labour law case. 2024-08-07 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  3. News: Five killed as packed train catches fire in Bangladesh. The Economic Times . 6 January 2024 .
  4. News: Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins fourth term in controversial vote . 6 August 2024 . BBC . 7 January 2024 . en.
  5. Web site: Blaze at Bangladesh refugee camp leaves thousands of Rohingya homeless . 6 August 2024 . Al Jazeera. en.
  6. Web site: Fighting in Myanmar: Blood spills on this side of border . 6 February 2024 .
  7. Web site: Hasina asks Border Guard Bangladesh to be patient amid Myanmar fighting .
  8. News: 2024-02-29 . Bangladesh fire: At least 43 dead in Dhaka building blaze . 2024-02-29 . BBC News.
  9. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/341885/location-of-hijacked-bangladeshi-ship-being
  10. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/343816/knf-associate-held-in-bandarban
  11. News: 2024-04-15 . Bangladeshi ship seized off Somali coast is freed after more than a month . 2024-04-15 . Associated Press.
  12. Web site: 9 Bangladeshis named in Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list . 16 May 2024 .
  13. News: 22 May 2024 . Missing Bangladesh governing party's MP found murdered in India: Minister . 22 May 2024 . Al Jazeera.
  14. Web site: 2024-05-27. Cyclone floods coastal villages and cuts power in Bangladesh, where 800,000 had evacuated . 2024-05-27 . Associated Press . en .
  15. Web site: 2024-07-10 . কোটা আন্দোলন: মুক্তিযোদ্ধা কোটা বহাল করে হাইকোর্টের রায়ে স্থিতাবস্থা আপিল বিভাগের . 2024-07-14 . BBC News বাংলা . bn.
  16. Web site: Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India . 19 June 2024 . Al Jazeera .
  17. News: Eight dead, two million affected by Bangladesh floods . 2024-07-06 . France 24.
  18. Web site: Padma Bridge's closing ceremony today .
  19. News: Bangladesh charges 26 for destruction of vast mangrove forest . 2024-07-11 . France 24.
  20. News: At least six killed in Bangladesh student anti-quota protests . 2024-07-17 . Al Jazeera.
  21. News: 19 more die in Bangladesh clashes as student protesters try to impose a 'complete shutdown' . 2024-07-18 . Associated Press.
  22. News: ‘জুলাই গণহত্যায়’ নিহতদের প্রকৃত সংখ্যা কবে জানা যাবে?. bn. 17 August 2024. BBC.
  23. Web site: 2024-07-18 . State TV HQ set ablaze, death toll rises as student protests roil Bangladesh . 2024-07-18 . France 24 . en.
  24. Web site: Photos: Bangladesh bans rallies as violent protests spiral out of control . 2024-07-20 . Al Jazeera . en.
  25. Web site: Bangladesh top court scraps most quotas that caused deadly unrest . 2024-07-21 . Al Jazeera . en.
  26. Web site: UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government . 2024-07-22 . www.bbc.com . en-GB.
  27. News: Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead . 1 August 2024 . Associated Press.
  28. Web site: At least 90 killed as Bangladesh protesters renew call for Hasina to quit . 2024-08-04 . Al Jazeera . en.
  29. Web site: 5 August 2024 . Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns and leaves country as protesters storm palace . 5 August 2024 . France 24 . en.
  30. News: Bangladesh's interim government will take oath on Thursday, says the military chief . 7 August 2024 . Associated Press News . 7 August 2024 .
  31. Web site: Bangladesh president orders release of ex-PM Khaleda Zia . 2024-08-06 . Al Jazeera . en.
  32. Web site: Bangladesh parliament dissolved, president's office says . 2024-08-06 . Al Arabiya . en.
  33. Web site: Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus to head interim government . 2024-08-07 . dw.com . en.
  34. Web site: 17 more Rohingya bodies recovered from Naf River . 2024-08-07 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  35. Web site: Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh's interim government . 2024-08-09 . Al Jazeera . en .
  36. Web site: August 9, 2024 . Hundreds protest in Dhaka over violence against Hindus in Bangladesh . .
  37. Web site: 2024-08-10 . Bangladesh's chief justice resigns under pressure as Yunus-led interim government starts working . 2024-08-10 . AP News . en.
  38. Web site: 2024-08-10 . Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed appointed chief justice . 2024-08-10 . The Daily Star . en.
  39. Web site: Bangladesh's ex-PM investigated for murder . 13 August 2024. BBC.
  40. Web site: Bangladesh court orders probe in murder case against ex-PM Sheikh Hasina . 13 August 2024. Al Jazeera.
  41. Web site: 2024-08-15 . Probe starts against Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity . 2024-08-15 . Dhaka Tribune . en .
  42. Web site: 2024-08-22 . Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet after protests . 2024-08-22 . France 24 . en .
  43. Web site: প্রতিবেদক . ক্রীড়া . 2024-01-06 . ফুটবল অঙ্গন ভুলেই গেছে জহিরুল হককে, নীরব বিদায় মোহামেডান কিংবদন্তির . 2024-01-23 . Prothomalo . bn.
  44. Web site: 2024-01-17 . Journalist Rezwan Siddiqui no more . 2024-01-23 . The Daily Star . en.
  45. Web site: 2024-01-23 . BGB member killed in BSF firing at Benapole border . 2024-01-23 . The Business Standard . en.
  46. Web site: Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman dies while playing chess. 2024-07-05 . The Daily Observer.
  47. Web site: Student in Rangpur killed during clash between police and protesters . The Daily Star . 16 July 2024 . 17 July 2024 . 16 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240716185320/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/student-rangpur-killed-during-clash-between-police-and-protesters-3658216 . live .