Events: Bangladesh
January :
January 4, 2014 Guinness World Records certifies Bangladesh’s human flag as largest.
10th National Parliament Elections of Bangladesh 2014 was held on January 5. Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League has won a violent general election. 159 MPs elected unopposed. Sheikh Hasina elects as PM for historic third term on January 12, 2014.
Bangladeshi scientists have decoded the genome of buffalo becoming the first in the country to sequence DNA of any animal unveil on January 24.
The first session of the 10th National Parliament was begun on Jan 29.
February:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated third Boeing-777-300ER named (Akash Prodip) aircraft in the national air fleet at the Shahjalal International Airport on February 11.
Bowing out in style: Final chapter in the history of a jet age icon as DC10 airliner makes last passenger flight before being scrapped on February 20.
March:
First ever bone marrow transplant carried out in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on March 10.
Bangladesh has made Guinness World Record by singing the national anthem [Jatio Songeet] by more than 254,537 people at a time on March 26.
April:
BRTC introduced “WiFi-facilitated” bus service in the city to provide internet connectivity to the commuters free of cost on April 10.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) starts a census of slum people across the country on April 25.Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and four of his associates and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar and his driver were abducted and killed on April 27.
May:
India, world`s largest democracy, Lok Sabha polls 2014 was held in nine phases from April 07 to May 12 and the counting of votes on May 16, 2014. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi, won a sweeping victory, taking 336 seats.
Last phase of Upazila election held on May 19.
June:
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (Bapex) has discovered a new gas field at Rupganj in Narayanganj. It was officially declared on June 21, 2014.
June 29, Parliament passed the Tk 250506 crore national budget for FY 2014-’15.
Bangladesh formally launched the largest ‘National Web Portal (http://www.eprocure.gov.bd) of the Government on June 23.
July:
Bangladesh has won another maritime boundary dispute with India after the last one with Myanmar. The Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague in Netherlands has awarded Bangladesh 19,467 square-kilometres out of total 25,602 square-kilometres disputed area with India in the Bay of Bengal on July 7.
August:
11 killed as train rams into bridal-party bus on august 01.
County’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed the US$22 billion-mark for the first time on August 7.
Dhaka University’s botany department inaugurated the country’s first Chromosome Research Centre on August 18.
September:
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached Dhaka on a two-day official visit on September 6.
“The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014” restoring the parliament’s power to remove Supreme Court judges for their ‘misconduct or incapacity’ on September 17.
October:
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has become the first Bangladeshi to be elected the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has conferred the Award of National Standard to Bangladesh Navy Ship (BNS) Osman recognising its outstanding services in the naval force at home and abroad for the last 25 years on October 11.
Bangladesh becomes a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015-17 on October 21.
November:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awarded the National Standard to Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Base Zahurul Haque hoping that the BAF will uphold the honour, dignity and pride of the National Standard through patriotism and professionalism on November 8.
The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit program is formally begins in Kathmandu on November 26.
People aged 60 or above are senior citizens, declares President on November 27.
December:
Despite low voter turnout, the governing party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections (47th general election of members of the House of Representatives) of Japan, which was held on 14 December 2014.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a three day official trip to Malaysia on December 2.
6 killed, 25 injured as cargo lorry run into train at Kamalapur ICD.
Volunteers recover body of the Four-year-old Jihad from inside the abandoned 600-ft deep water pump pipe at capital’s Shahjahanpur Railway Colony on December 27, almost a full day (23 hours) after he fell into it.
January 4, 2014 Guinness World Records certifies Bangladesh’s human flag as largest.
10th National Parliament Elections of Bangladesh 2014 was held on January 5. Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League has won a violent general election. 159 MPs elected unopposed. Sheikh Hasina elects as PM for historic third term on January 12, 2014.
Bangladeshi scientists have decoded the genome of buffalo becoming the first in the country to sequence DNA of any animal unveil on January 24.
The first session of the 10th National Parliament was begun on Jan 29.
February:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated third Boeing-777-300ER named (Akash Prodip) aircraft in the national air fleet at the Shahjalal International Airport on February 11.
Bowing out in style: Final chapter in the history of a jet age icon as DC10 airliner makes last passenger flight before being scrapped on February 20.
March:
First ever bone marrow transplant carried out in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on March 10.
Bangladesh has made Guinness World Record by singing the national anthem [Jatio Songeet] by more than 254,537 people at a time on March 26.
April:
BRTC introduced “WiFi-facilitated” bus service in the city to provide internet connectivity to the commuters free of cost on April 10.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) starts a census of slum people across the country on April 25.Narayanganj panel mayor Nazrul Islam and four of his associates and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar and his driver were abducted and killed on April 27.
May:
India, world`s largest democracy, Lok Sabha polls 2014 was held in nine phases from April 07 to May 12 and the counting of votes on May 16, 2014. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi, won a sweeping victory, taking 336 seats.
Last phase of Upazila election held on May 19.
June:
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration Company (Bapex) has discovered a new gas field at Rupganj in Narayanganj. It was officially declared on June 21, 2014.
June 29, Parliament passed the Tk 250506 crore national budget for FY 2014-’15.
Bangladesh formally launched the largest ‘National Web Portal (http://www.eprocure.gov.bd) of the Government on June 23.
July:
Bangladesh has won another maritime boundary dispute with India after the last one with Myanmar. The Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague in Netherlands has awarded Bangladesh 19,467 square-kilometres out of total 25,602 square-kilometres disputed area with India in the Bay of Bengal on July 7.
August:
11 killed as train rams into bridal-party bus on august 01.
County’s foreign exchange (forex) reserve crossed the US$22 billion-mark for the first time on August 7.
Dhaka University’s botany department inaugurated the country’s first Chromosome Research Centre on August 18.
September:
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reached Dhaka on a two-day official visit on September 6.
“The Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Bill, 2014” restoring the parliament’s power to remove Supreme Court judges for their ‘misconduct or incapacity’ on September 17.
October:
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has become the first Bangladeshi to be elected the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has conferred the Award of National Standard to Bangladesh Navy Ship (BNS) Osman recognising its outstanding services in the naval force at home and abroad for the last 25 years on October 11.
Bangladesh becomes a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the period of 2015-17 on October 21.
November:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awarded the National Standard to Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Base Zahurul Haque hoping that the BAF will uphold the honour, dignity and pride of the National Standard through patriotism and professionalism on November 8.
The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit program is formally begins in Kathmandu on November 26.
People aged 60 or above are senior citizens, declares President on November 27.
December:
Despite low voter turnout, the governing party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections (47th general election of members of the House of Representatives) of Japan, which was held on 14 December 2014.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a three day official trip to Malaysia on December 2.
6 killed, 25 injured as cargo lorry run into train at Kamalapur ICD.
Volunteers recover body of the Four-year-old Jihad from inside the abandoned 600-ft deep water pump pipe at capital’s Shahjahanpur Railway Colony on December 27, almost a full day (23 hours) after he fell into it.