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List of events
2021 (
MMXXI ) was a
common year starting on Friday of the
Gregorian calendar , the 2021st year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the
3rd millennium and the
21st century , and the 2nd year of the
2020s decade.
Calendar year
The year 2021 is the 50th year after the
independence of Bangladesh . It is also the third year of the fourth term of the
government of
Sheikh Hasina . This year the entire country celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence.
Incumbents
Events
January and February
March and April
19-29 March -
Protests erupt across Bangladesh as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the country.
22 March - At least 15 people are dead and at least 400 are missing after
a massive fire strikes Cox Bazar's Rohingya Refugee camp
4 April - Rescuers recover 26 bodies after a ferry collides with a cargo vessel in Shitalakhsya River near the capital Dhaka.
[3]
17 April - While workers in a coal power plant in
Chittagong were holding protesting over their unpaid wage, the police stormed on them and opened fire, 5 workers killed, 15 injured in the police firing.
[4]
May and June
9 June - A large fire destroys over 500 homes in a slum in Mohakhali.
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
27 June - Seven people were killed and more than a hundred were injured after
an explosion in
Dhaka .
July and August
8 July - At least 52 people were killed by
a fire at a food and drink factory in
Rupganj .
9 August - Bangladesh wins the 5 matches T20I cricket series against Australia 4-1, in the final match Australia lost while registering their lowest ever T20I score of 62.
[9]
September and October
November and December
12 November - Political violence between rival political factions during the 2021 Union Parishad elections resulted in the death of 7 people.
[11]
6 December:
Cyclone Jawad caused heavy rain in the region.
[12]
16 December: Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of Victory in the 1971
Bangladesh War of Independence .
[13]
24 December: A
fire on a ferry kills about 40 people.
[14]
Awards and recognitions
International recognition
Independence Day Award
Total 9 persons and 1 organisation were awarded.
[16]
Ekushey Padak
It was awarded to 21 persons.
[17]
Motahar Hossain Talukdar , language movement (posthumous)
Md. Shamsul Haque , language movement (posthumous)
Afsar Uddin Ahmed , language movement (posthumous)
Papia Sarwar , music
Raisul Islam Asad , performing arts
Salma Begum Sujata , performing arts
Ahmed Iqbal Haider , drama
Syed Salahuddin Zaki , film
Bhaskar Bandopandhay, recitation
Pavel Rahman , photography
Golam Hasnayen , Liberation War
Fazlur Rahman Faruque , Liberation War
Syeda Issabela , Liberation War (posthumous)
Ajoy Dasgupta , journalism
Samir Kumar Saha , research
Mahfuza Khanam , education
Mirza Abdul Jalil , economics
Kazi Kamruzzaman , social service
Quazi Rosy , language and literature
Bulbul Chowdhury , language and literature
Ghulam Murshid , language and literature
Deaths
3 January —
Rabeya Khatun , novelist (b. 1935).
[18]
20 February —
ATM Shamsuzzaman , actor (b. 1941).
[19]
16 March —
Moudud Ahmed , politician (b. 1940).
[20]
7 April —
Indra Mohan Rajbongshi , singer (b. 1946).
[21]
11 April —
Mita Haque , singer (b. 1962).
[22]
14 April —
Abdul Matin Khasru , politician (b. 1950).
[23]
17 April —
Kabori Sarwar , film actress and politician (b. 1950).
[24]
18 April — Mesbahuddin Ahmed a.k.a.
Wasim , film actor (b. 1947).
[25]
22 June —
Mohiuddin Ahmed , publisher and founder of
The University Press Limited (b.1944)
[26]
23 July —
Fakir Alamgir , singer (b. 1950).
[27]
31 August —
Bashir Al Helal , novelist (b. 1936).
[28]
24 September — Ustad
Julhas Uddin Ahmed , singer (b. 1933).
[29]
11 October —
Enamul Haque , actor (b. 1943).
[30]
15 November —
Hasan Azizul Huq , novelist (b. 1939).
[31]
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Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-02-27 .
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"Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 26" . Reuters . 5 April 2021.
Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021 .
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"5 dead as police open fire on coal power plant workers in Chattogram" . 17 April 2021.
Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-23 .
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Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-09 .
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