| January 30, 2008 | - An unidentified donor gave $130 million to Bangladesh to repair cyclone damage.
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Donor gives $130 million to Bangladesh
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| August 15, 2007 | - After widespread flooding, 53,000 Bangladeshis contracted diarrhea.
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Reuters via AlertNet
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| April 27, 2007 | - Thunderstorms destroyed a shantytown outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, leaving 500 people homeless; ten slum-dwellers were killed by drowning, a collapsing building, and a falling tree.
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Malaysia Sun
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| June 14, 2006 | - In Rangamati, Bangladesh, villagers fled in boats after their town was destroyed by rampaging elephants.
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Reuters via MSNBC
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| February 24, 2006 | - In Bangladesh 50 people died in a fire at a textile mill.
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BBC News
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| June 26, 2005 | -
Bangladeshi
doctors removed a dead fetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy.
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BBC News
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| May 15, 2005 | - More than one hundred people died when a ferry sank off the shores of southern Bangladesh.
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BBC News
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| May 10, 2005 | - Locusts plagued Bangladesh.
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NZHerald
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| April 29, 2005 | - In Bangladesh, the number of people throwing acid on women was down from previous years.
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BBC News
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| April 11, 2005 | - A garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least one hundred people.
| Source:
Reuters
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| March 21, 2005 | - Tornadoes struck Bangladesh.
| Source:
BBC News
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| March 2, 2005 | - In Bangladesh, four infants were on trial for looting, with bail set at fifty dollars per infant.
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BBC News
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| December 26, 2004 | - A 9.0 magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that ravaged south and southeast Asia, as well as parts of Africa. The wave reached from Somalia and Kenya to Malaysia. Thousands of fatalities were reported in the Maldives, Sri Lanka, South India, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Three-story waves washed sunbathers into the sea, carried away snorkelers, and swallowed up Hindu ritual bathers celebrating Full Moon Day. A prison in Sumatra was torn open by the tsunami, and hundreds of inmates fled. A baby was washed from her father's arms. At least 25,000 died, and millions were displaced. Entire towns were turned into rubble. Corpses hung from trees and fences, and the rotting bodies of humans and animals threatened to pollute water supplies. It was difficult to bury the dead for lack of dry ground. The earthquake was the largest since 1964, and slightly altered the rotation of the earth.
| Source 1:
New York Timesimes
Source 2:
Wikipedia
Source 3:
New York Timesimes
Source 4:
MSNBC
Source 5:
Reuters
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| August 7, 2004 | - Bombs exploded in Karachi, Pakistan, and in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and
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Associated Press
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| July 30, 2004 | - Millions of Bangladeshis were left without homes because of flooding; hundreds of people died.
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New York Times
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| October 8, 2003 | - Transparency International released its annual corruption survey; Bangladesh was rated most corrupt, just beating out Nigeria and Haiti. Finland, Iceland, and Denmark were the least corrupt.
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Associated Press
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| November 27, 2001 | - Wild elephants rampaged through two villages in Bangladesh, killing four people.
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| November 20, 2001 | - Thousands of dead fish killed by industrial waste in a lake in Bangladesh were being collected and eaten by poor people.
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| August 14, 2001 | - Sixteen garment workers were crushed to death in a stampede in Bangladesh that was caused by a faulty fire alarm; the gates on the factory's eight floors had been locked to prevent workers from leaving.
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