2000 in Bangladesh
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Bangladesh.
Incumbents
- President: Shahabuddin Ahmed
- Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
- Chief Justice: Latifur Rahman (starting January 1)
Events
March
- 20 March - President Bill Clinton becomes the first president of America to visit Bangladesh.[1]
August
- 2 August - The International Cricket Council voted to make Bangladesh the 10th test-playing nation.[2]
September
- Sheikh Hasina criticises the military regimes in a UN speech, prompting Pakistani leader General Musharraf to cancel talks with her. Relations strained further by row over leaked Pakistani report on 1971 war of independence.[3]
November
- 10 November - The Bangladesh national cricket team make their test debut.[4]
December
- Bangladesh expels Pakistani diplomat for comments on the 1971 war. The diplomat had put the number of dead at 26,000, whereas Bangladesh says nearly three million were killed.[5]
See also
References
- ^ President Clinton arrives in Bangladesh for historic visit - CNN Archived October 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bangladesh pass Test - BBC Sport
- ^ "Bangladesh profile". BBC. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ On this Day - 10 November - BBC
- ^ "Bangladesh profile". BBC. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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