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2000 in Bangladesh

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Centuries:
  
20th 21st

Decades:
  
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Bangladesh.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Shahabuddin Ahmed
  • Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
  • Chief Justice: Latifur Rahman (starting January 1)

    • March

  • 20 March - President Bill Clinton becomes the first president of America to visit Bangladesh.

    • August

  • 2 August - The International Cricket Council voted to make Bangladesh the 10th test-playing nation.

    • September

  • Sheikh Hasina criticises the military regimes in a UN speech, prompting Pakistani leader General Musharraf to cancel talks with her. Relations strained further by row over leaked Pakistani report on 1971 war of independence.

    • November

  • 10 November - The Bangladesh national cricket team make their test debut.

    • December

  • Bangladesh expels Pakistani diplomat for comments on the 1971 war. The diplomat had put the number of dead at 26,000, whereas Bangladesh says nearly three million were killed.

    • References

    2000 in Bangladesh Wikipedia
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