Portal:Bangladesh/News archive/2021

31 August 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh; The Bangladesh Armed Forces receives a consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from China's People's Liberation Army for the first time as part of foreign military assistance. (United News of Bangladesh)
31 August 2021 – Capital punishment in Bangladesh, LGBT rights in Bangladesh: A court in Bangladesh sentences six men affiliated with Ansar al-Islam, an organization linked to al-Qaeda, to death, for the 2016 murders of two gay rights campaigners, including Xulhaz Mannan. Local gay and LGBT organizations welcome the verdict. (Reuters)
29 August 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh; Bangladesh signs an agreement with the World Health Organization to purchase 105 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to ensure the vaccine's supply for the whole population. (United News of Bangladesh)
11 August 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh; Bangladesh lifts most of its lockdown measures, allowing banks, shops and shopping malls to reopen and for buses and trains to operate at half capacity despite an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths from the Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant. (The New York Times)
10 August 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh; Bangladesh begins to vaccinate Rohingya refugees in 34 camps in Cox’s Bazar district which borders Myanmar as the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases poses health risks in the camps where more than one million refugees are living. (Associated Press)
8 August 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh; Bangladesh reports a new single-day record of 2.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as part of a six-day special vaccination campaign, in which 2.7 million people received their first dose of the vaccine. (Anadolu Agency)
4 August 2021 –: Seventeen people are killed in northern Bangladesh during a lightning strike on a boat celebrating a wedding. (CNN International)
10 July 2021 – Rupganj factory fire: Police in Bangladesh arrest eight people, including the factory's company owner in connection with the fire that killed at least 52 people. Police say that emergency exits were locked in the building. (DW)
8 July 2021 – Rupganj factory fire: At least 52 people are killed and about 30 others injured by a fire in a food processing factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)
1 July 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh; Bangladesh imposes a lockdown that suspends all public transport and only allows people to leave their house for emergency reasons due to a substantial increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Soldiers are deployed to enforce the lockdown. (Voice of America)
27 June 2021 –: Seven people are killed and dozens are injured in a blast in a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh and causing damage to seven buildings. The cause of the blast is unknown but it is suspected to be caused by a gas leak. (ABC News)
27 June 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
25 June 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh; Bangladeshi authorities announces that the country will enter a total lockdown on 28 June as the number of COVID-19 cases increases dramatically. (Dhaka Tribune)
3 May 2021 –: At least 26 people are killed when a speedboat collides with a vessel transporting sand on the Padma River in Bangladesh. (Al Jazeera)
12 April 2021 –

COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Bangladesh issues new lockdown rules that order the closure of all government, semi-government, autonomous, and private offices for one week beginning April 14, as well as suspension of all public transport. However, the government will allow factories to remain open. (Bdnews24.com)
5 April 2021 –: At least 26 people are killed when a ferry sinks after colliding with a cargo ship in the Shitalakshya River, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. (The Times of India)
26 March 2021 –: At least four people are killed in Chittagong, Bangladesh, when police open fire at protesters during a demonstration against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Al Jazeera)
22 March 2021 –: Balukhali fire; A massive fire at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh, leaves at least 15 people dead, 550 injured, 400 missing, and 45,000 homeless. (Reuters)
16 February 2021 –: Capital punishment in Bangladesh; A court in Bangladesh sentences five men to death for murdering Avijit Roy, an American-Bangladeshi blogger critical of religious extremism, six years ago. The men belong to the al-Qaeda-inspired group Ansarullah Bangla Team. Another man was sentenced to life in prison. (Al Jazeera)
7 February 2021 –: COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh; Bangladesh begins a nationwide vaccination programme against COVID-19 in Dhaka. (All India Radio)