May

• 14 May - Over 400 are killed as a tornado strikes northern Bangladesh.
• 19 May: Failed attempt of coup d'état by Lt. Gen. Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
  Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim
  Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, Bir Bikrom is a former Chief of the Bangladesh Army. He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Bikrom for valor by the government in 1971. He was injured in one leg during this war. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff by the...
  
  , Bir Bikram.

June

• 12 June: General election of '96
  Bangladeshi general election, June 1996
  The Seventh National Parliamentary Elections 1996 were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 75.6%, the highest to date.-Results:...
  
  , Bangladesh Awami League gains majority.

December

• 12 December:a 30-year treaty on sharing of the Ganges water
  Sharing of Ganges Waters
  The sharing of the Ganges' waters is a long-standing issue between India and Bangladesh over the appropriate allocation and development of the water resources of the Ganges River that flows from northern India into Bangladesh...
  
  is signed between India and Bangladesh.