January

• 27 January - Habiganj grenade attack - assassination of Shah A M S Kibria.
• The Zimbabwe team tour Bangladesh.

February

• 25 February - Bangladesh peacekeepers are ambushed and killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
  
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June

• 18 June - Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
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August

• 17 August - a series of bomb blasts are detonated simultaneously across Bangladesh
  Bangladesh
  Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
  
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