Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]
Cyclone
On 21 May,
Cyclone Roanu made landfall near
Chittagong,
Bangladesh.[3] A
storm surge up to 7 ft (2.0 m) above the
astronomical tide hit the coast of Bangladesh at afternoon.[4]
The cyclone approached the land over the coast at
Sandwip,
Hatia,
Kutubdia,
Sitakundu and
Feni.[5] 30 people died when Roanu hit the county, most of them died when the cyclone's storm surge overtopped dams.[6] Around 40,000 homesteads and business houses were damaged.[7]
The storm disrupted electricity supply and road communications in the areas.[8] Food storage, seasonal crops were damaged. Livestock, including
fish and
shrimp firms were swept away.[9] Damage in
Chittagong and
Cox's Bazar were about
৳250 crore (US$31.8 million).[10]
9 March - An
Antonov An-26 cargo aircraft, operated by True Aviation,
crashed in the Bay of Bengal, five minutes after takeoff from Cox's Bazar Airport,[11]
2 April - A
protest movement broke out against a Bangladeshi-Chinese consortium's acquisition of agricultural lands, graveyards and homes to build a
coal-based power plant in the
Banshkhali Upazila of Chittagong. When the owners and engineers of the plant attempted to visit the construction site, protesters swooped down on the officials' motorcade. Police cracked down on the protesters, arresting seven. Angry at the arrests, local residents called for a public gathering on 4 April.[12]
4 April - Awami League leaders called a meeting at the same place where
Banshkhali power plant movement organizers were gathering. Local police invoked a
Section 144 law restricting public gatherings in the area.[13] When local residents gathered to protest, police opened fire and killed at least five people.[14]
23 April - A. F. M. Rezaul Karim Siddique, a professor of English at
Rajshahi Universitydied in an attack suspected to have been carried out by Islamist militants.
25 April -
Xulhaz Mannan, an employee of the United States embassy in
Dhaka and the founder of
Bangladesh's first and only
LGBT-themed magazine Roopbaan was killed in his apartment along with another LGBT activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in a machete attack by Islamist extremists.[15][16]
1 July - Twenty two civilians, including seventeen foreigners, and two police officers
are killed, and 14 taken hostage in a terror attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in
Gulshan Thana in Dhaka. The attack started at about 21:40 local time and the hostage situation lasted overnight.[18]
2 July - Members of Bangladesh Army,
Navy,
Air Force, Border Guards,
Police, Combat Police, Rapid Action Battalion,
SWAT and joint forces conducted the
rescue operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery at 07:40 local time.[19] Thirteen hostages were rescued. Five of the attackers were killed in a gunfight with the commandos, while the sixth was captured alive.[20]
Bangladesh participated in the South Asian Games held in
Guwahati and
Shillong,
India. Bangladesh won 4 golds, 15 silvers and 56 bronzes to finish the tournament at the fifth position in overall points table.[25]
2016 Asia Cup was held in
Bangladesh from 24 February to 6 March. It was the 13th edition of the
Asia Cup, the fifth to be held in Bangladesh, and the first to be played using the T20I format. India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final to win their sixth Asia Cup title.[26]
The
English cricket teamtoured Bangladesh in October to play three
One Day Internationals (ODIs), two
Test matches and three tour matches.[27][28][29] England won the ODI series 2–1. The Test series finished 1–1, with Bangladesh recording their first ever Test win against England when they won the second Test by 108 runs.[30]