2024 in Bangladesh

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See also:	Other events of 2024 List of years in Bangladesh

The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh.

2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium, the 24th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade. It will follow 1430 and 1431 Baṅgābda (Bengali Year). The year 2024 is the 53rd year of the independence of Bangladesh.

Incumbents

National government

Photo	Post	Name
100px	President of Bangladesh	Mohammed Shahabuddin (Age 74)
100px	Prime Minister of Bangladesh	Sheikh Hasina (until 5 August 2024) (Age 76)
100px	Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad	Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (Age 57)
	Chief Justice of Bangladesh	Obaidul Hassan (Age 65)
100px	Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh	Md. Mahbub Hossain (Age 59)
	Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh	Kazi Habibul Awal (Age 68)
100px	Jatiya Sangsad	12th Jatiya Sangsad

Events

January

• 1 January — Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is convicted for violating the country's labour laws. He and three others from Grameen Telecom are each sentenced to six-months in jail by Dhaka's labour court; and subsequently given one-month bail on the condition of appealing against the verdict.
• 5 January – Five people are killed in a suspected arson attack on the Benapole Express train in the Gopibagh area of Dhaka.
• 7 January :
  • 2024 Bangladeshi general election: Voters select members of the Jatiya Sangsad amid a boycott from opposition parties.
  • A fire in the Kutupalong refugee camp destroys hundreds of shelters and facilities and displaces nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees.

February

• 5 February: A resident of Bandarban district is killed by cross-border shelling in a spillover effect of the Myanmar Civil War that also sees the entry of an armed Burmese faction into Bangladesh.
• 29 February: At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka.

March

• 15 March: The Bangladesh ship MV Abdullah along with its crew is captured and held hostage by Somali pirates.

April

• 10 April: Fifty-five Kuki-Chin National Front militants are arrested by Bangladesh Police in Bandarban.
• 15 April: The MV Abdullah and its crew is released by Somali pirates after 32 days in captivity.

May

• 16 May: Nine Bangladeshi youths are named in the prestigious "Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list" an award for young entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators under the age of 30.
• 22 May: Awami League MP Md. Anwarul Azim Anar is found killed in Kolkata, India after being reported missing since 13 May. Three Bangladeshis are arrested in connection with his death.
• 26 May: Seven people are reported killed and two others reported missing across the country due to Cyclone Remal.

June

• 6 June: The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement begins.
• 19 June: Eight people are killed in mudslides in Cox’s Bazar.

July

• 2-6 July: Eight people are killed in floods caused by heavy rains across the country.
• 5 July: The completion ceremony of the Padma Bridge is held.
• 9 July: Twenty-six people are charged with environmental crimes for the felling of 560 acres of the Sonadia coastal forest for commercial purposes.
• 15 July-ongoing: 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement: At least 25 people are killed and at least 100 others are injured in nationwide clashes between protesters demanding an end to a quota system in the civil service believed to favor supporters of the government and the Chhatra League of the ruling Awami League and the security forces.
• 18 July: 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement: Protesters set fire to the headquarters of the state broadcaster Bangladesh Television in Dhaka.
• 19 July: Police in Dhaka ban all public rallies and protests in the city and impose a nationwide curfew, one day after protestors set fire to government buildings in the city.
• 21 July:
  • The Supreme Court of Bangladesh orders an overhaul to the quota reservation system at the heart of the quota reform protests, increasing merit appointments in the civil service to 93% and reducing slots allotted for descendants of veterans of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to 5%, with the remainder going to ethnic minorities, the disabled and transgender people.
  • A court in the United Arab Emirates sentences 57 Bangladeshis to prison, including three life sentences, for holding protests against the Bangladesh government in the UAE, where protesting is illegal.

August

• 1 August: The government bans the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing, the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and its associated bodies on terrorism grounds following their involvement in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
• 4 August: At least 91 people are killed in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police units nationwide.
• 5 August: 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement: Sheikh Hasina resigns as Prime Minister and flees the country while her official residence is stormed by protesters. The Bangladesh Armed Forces announces that an interim government would be created.

Deaths

• 6 January: Zahirul Haque, 89, footballer (Police AC, Mohammedan SC, Pakistan national team).
• 16 January: Rezwan Hossain Siddiqui, 71, journalist, director general of Press Institute of Bangladesh.
• 23 January: Mohammad Rais Uddin, 35, paramilitary officer (Border Guard Bangladesh).
• 5 July: Ziaur Rahman, 50, chess grandmaster.
• 16 July: Abu Sayed, student activist.