January 

Jan. 14:  Police Kill 2 Militants
    The members of a banned Islamist group were fatally shot as the police stepped up their hunt for militants after attacks on mosques, Christian priests and Hindu temples.
Jan. 20 Singapore expelles 26 Bangladeshis
    Singapore said it had deported 26 construction workers for forming a religious study group that spread the ideology of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

February

Feb. 22: Police arrests three men in Hindu priest beheading

Police on Monday arrested three people they described as local militants over the beheading of a Hindu priest in Panchagarah district.

March

March 15: Police dispute ISIS’ claim that it killed shiite preacher

The militant group made the statement online, but the police said that a homeopathic doctor had been killed and that he had reportedly been threatened by drug addicts.
March 15: BB chief Atiur Rahman resigns after funds stolen by hackers 
Atiur Rahman, the governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, resigned Tuesday after $81 million was stolen from the bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last month.
March 19: Khaleda inaugurates BNP’s sixth National Council
Chairperson Khaleda Zia inaugurated it at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh at Dhaka’s Ramna at around 11:30am on Saturday by hoisting the national flag and releasing balloons. 
March 22: Assailants hack to death Christian-convert in Kurigram
A Christian-convert freedom fighter, Hossain Ali, 68, has been hacked to death in Kurhigram.
March 28: HC court upholds Islam as religion of the state
High Court on Monday rejected a 28-year-old petition calling for the removal of a constitutional provision recognising Islam as the official religion of the country.
March 30: Fakhrul made BNP secy gen
Six years after shouldering the responsibility of acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been made a full functioning secretary general of BNP.
The party’s spokesperson Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed made the announcement on Wednesday at a press conference in Nayapaltan, 11 days after BNP held its long-awaited council.

April

April 07: Secular activist killed after criticizing Islamists
Men armed with machetes have killed a secular activist, Mohammad Nazim Uddin,  in Dhaka, a police official said on Thursday
April 16: Police arrest journalist Shafik Rehman
A Dhaka court on Saturday placed senior journalist Shafik Rehman on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and murder prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, hours after detectives arrested him from his house in the capital.
April 23: RU Professor Rezaul Karim hacked to death
Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, 61, a professor of English, was beheaded in the attack near his home in Rajshahi on Saturday.
April 25: Two gay rights activists hacked to death
Two people, Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tonoy, including the editor of a magazine for the transgender community, have been hacked to death in the capital.
April 30: Hindu tailor hacked to death in Tangail
A Hindu tailor has been hacked to death in Tangail in a manner similar to that of several bloggers, online activists and university teachers. 
Police said motorcycle-borne youths killed Nikhil Chandra Joarder, 50, at Kalibarhi Bazar under Tangail’s Gopalpur Upazila on Saturday noon.

May

May 7: Sufi leader hacked in Rajshahi
A Sufi Muslim spiritual leader was hacked to death in Bangladesh, the latest in a flurry of similar attacks across the country, police said Saturday.
The body of 65-year-old Mohammad Shahidullah was recovered in a mango orchard in Tanore, located in the country’s Rajshahi district, according to Mohammad Nisharul Arif, superintendent of the district police.
May 11: Jammat leader Motiur Rahman Nizami executed
Jammat leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, was executed early on Wednesday. He had been convicted of genocide, rape and torture.
May 14: Buddhist monk is slaughtered at temple in Bandarban
Police in Bangladesh say a 75-year-old Buddhist monk has been hacked to death in district of Bandarban.
May 24: Cyclone Roanu leaves at least 21 people dead
After causing devastating flooding and mudslides in Sri Lanka earlier in the week, Cyclone Roanu turned deadly again this weekend as it slammed into Bangladesh.
At least 21 people are dead with many more injured in coastal areas of Chittagong.

June
June 02: As Bangladesh Counts Rohingya, Some Fear Forced Relocation
It is the first time the country has conducted a census of the refugees who have poured across the border fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
June 05: SP Babul Aktar’s wife shot dead near home in Chittagong
Three attackers fatally shot and stabbed the wife of a police superintendent in Chittagong on Sunday morning.
June 07: Hindu priest brutally killed in Jhenaidah
A 65-year-old Hindu priest was killed on Tuesday by three bike-borne assailants in Bangladesh while he was on his way to a temple in Jhenaidah.

June 10: Volunteer at Hindu Ashram hacked to death in Pabna
Nityaranjan Pandey, 60, of Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsanga Paramtirtha Hemayetpurdham ashram in Pabna, was murdered around 6:15am on Friday
June 20: Govt census counts 3 lakh illegal Rohingyas
The Bangladesh government on Monday briefed Western and Southeast Asian diplomats, United Nations and other donor agencies of a recent first-ever census on undocumented Rohingyas who entered illegally over the years fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

July
July 1: Hindu priest hacked to death in Jhenaidah
A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday at a temple in Jhenaidah, police and senior administrative officials said. Shaymanonda Das, 45, was hacked to death in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter.
July1: Terror strikes in Gulshan 
Militants storm popular Gulshan hangout for foreigners; about 20 foreign nationals, children among dozens held hostage; 2 police officers killed; around 40 injured; ‘IS claims responsibility’.
July2: Holey Artisan terror attack: 20 hostages, 6 attackers, 2 cops killed 
A total of 28 people, including 20 foreign nationals, six attackers and two senior police officials were killed in a Gulshan restaurant attack in the city’s diplomatic zone that also left 20 policemen injured.
July 6: ISIS warns of more attacks in Bangladesh
The Islamic State terror group on Wednesday issued a new chilling video warning the Bangladesh government of more attacks in the country and across the world until Shariah law is established globally, saying last week’s gruesome attack on a cafe here was just “a glimpse”.
July 7: Attack on Sholakia Eid prayers, cops among 4 killed
Four people, including two policemen, a woman and a suspected assailant, died in the attack near Sholakia Eidgah where hundreds of thousands had gathered for Eid congregation on Thursday morning.

July 24: Boy reportedly killed by pumping air through rectum
A 10-year-old boy has been brutally killed allegedly by pumping air into his body through his rectum at a spinning factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj
July 26: 9 militants killed in overnight raid in Kalyanpur 
Nine alleged militants were killed on Monday morning during a special drive of the joint forces in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur, ending an overnight standoff that ensued with a raid to hunt down “militant den”.    

August

Aug. 12:  Torrential Rains Strand Wayward Indian Elephant in Bangladesh

The four-and-a-half-ton animal was separated from its herd in northeast India and carried downstream to Bangladesh in June.
Aug. 13: Bangladeshi expat imam, aide shot dead in New York
A Bangladeshi imam and his assistant were shot dead by a gunman in New York on Saturday.
The two Bangladeshi expatriates were identified as Alauddin Akonjee, 55, imam of Al-Furqan Jame Mosque in Ozone Park, and his associate Tara Uddin, 64.
Aug. 16:  Stranded Indian elephant Bangabahadur dies 
The wild elephant, Bangabahadur, whose journey from India to Bangladesh was widely chronicled, died in Jamalpur on Tuesday morning.
He suffered a heart attack and breathed his last at Koyra village in Sharishabari upazila around 6:30am, said Mustafizur Rahman, assistant veterinary surgeon of Bangabandhu Safari Park, Cox’s Bazar.
Aug. 27: 3 among Dhaka attack mastermind Tamim killed
Three militants including Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a mastermind of Gulshan café attack, were killed during a joint forces’ raid at a house in Narayanganj Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.
August 29: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Dhaka
US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Dhaka on his maiden visit to the country

September

Sept. 3: Jamaat leader Mir Quasem executed
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali was executed on Saturday night after deciding not to seek presidential clemency, the last option for a death row convict to avoid the gallows.
Sept. 10:    24 killed in Tongi factory boiler blast
At least 24 people, mostly workers, were killed and 74 injured in a boiler explosion at a factory in Tongi BSCIC industrial area of Gazipur this morning.
Sept 23: PM awarded for women empowerment at UN
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred with the “Agent of Change” award and “Planet 50-50 Champion” honour for her outstanding contributions to women empowerment.
The UN Women recognised the PM as Planet 50-50 Champion, while the Global Partnership Forum honoured her with the award at a reception at the UN headquarters on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses UN General Assembly
        
October
Oct. 8: Anti-terror raids by Police-Rab kill 11 
In a massive anti-militancy crackdown, 11 suspected militants were killed in Gazipur and Tangail on Saturday. 
Oct 9: D’Rozario becomes first Bangladeshi cardinal
Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario of Dhaka is promoted along with 16 other Roman Catholic prelates to the high rank of cardinal on Sunday.
Oct 14: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Dhaka
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Dhaka on Friday morning on a historic state visit amid a high hope in Bangladesh that it will steer a ‘historic new journey’ towards opening up a ‘new horizon’ in relations between the two countries.
Oct 23: Hasina re-elected AL president, Obaidul Quader general secretary
The Awami League has re-elected Sheikh Hasina as President while Obaidul Quader has been made the new General Secretary.
The ruling party chose the new leadership for the next three years on Sunday, the second day of its 20th National Council, at the session held at the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).
Oct 30: Rampage over Hindus in B’baria
At least 15 Hindu temples in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar are vandalised and looted Sunday afternoon along with hundreds of houses of the Hindu community.

November

Nov. 4: Houses of Hindus torched in Brahmanbaria
Miscreants set six dwelling structures of the Hindu community on fire at Nasirnagar upazila headquarters early Friday, escalating tension further in the trouble-hit upazila.
Nov 14: Bangladesh Navy gets 2 submarines
In order to further intensify surveillance in the Bay and enhance the force’s combat capability, Bangladesh Navy on Sunday added two submarines in its fleet for the first time in the history.
“With the inclusion of the submarines Bangladesh Navy started journey as the three dimensional force,” Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed said at the handing over ceremony of the submarines at Liaonan shipyard Dalian state, China.

December

Dec. 1, 2016: Myanmar’s Leader Faulted for Silence as Army Campaigns Against Rohingya
Rights advocates accuse Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, of inaction during a brutal counterinsurgency drive against a Muslim minority.
Dec 22: Ivy wins NCC elections 
Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has won  the crucial elections to the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC)  defeating her main contestant Shakhawat Hossain Khan of BNP by a big margin.