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Bangladesh in 2007

Historical records for Bangladesh in 2007, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

15Records
9Events
4Named people
0Places
1Categories

Historical records

January

11 January 2007ElectionLajuddin Ahmed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Responding to claims of corruption on the electoral commission and threats by an alliance of political parties to boycott Jan. 22 election, President Iajuddin Ahmed declares a state of emergency & cancels elections

11 January 2007State of EmergencyLajuddin Ahmed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Responding to claims of corruption on the electoral commission and threats by an alliance of political parties to boycott Jan. 22 election, President Iajuddin Ahmed declares a state of emergency & cancels elections

April

18 April 2007Constitution of BangladeshSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladeshs military-backed emergency Government exile opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as it steps up a massive purge of the crisis-wracked countrys political hierarchy

18 April 2007Exile of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladeshs military-backed emergency Government exile opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as it steps up a massive purge of the crisis-wracked countrys political hierarchy

22 April 2007Arrest of Sheikh HasinaSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladesh issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as a plane arrives to take her arch rival, the countrys last Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, into exile in Saudi Arabia

22 April 2007Exile of Khaleda ZiaKhaleda Zia

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladesh issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as a plane arrives to take her arch rival, the countrys last Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, into exile in Saudi Arabia

22 April 2007Exile of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladesh issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sheikh Hasina Wajed as a plane arrives to take her arch rival, the countrys last Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, into exile in Saudi Arabia

26 April 2007Exile of Khaleda ZiaKhaleda Zia

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladeshs emergency Government backtracks on plans to exile two feuding former Prime Minister's but appears to threaten the women with corruption charges if they stay in the country

26 April 2007Exile of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladeshs emergency Government backtracks on plans to exile two feuding former Prime Minister's but appears to threaten the women with corruption charges if they stay in the country

May

7 May 2007Exile of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is greeted by tens of thousands of supporters as she returns to Bangladesh after the military-backed Government abandon plans to force her into exile

July

16 July 2007Arrest of Sheikh HasinaSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Bangladesh police arrest former PM Sheikh Hasina on extortion charges

24 July 2007Arrest of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina is charged with extortion for allegedly demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company seeking to build a power station

September

2 September 2007Arrest of Sheikh Hasina WajedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Detained former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajed is charged in a new graft case as part of the emergency Governments corruption crackdown

3 September 2007Arrest of Khaleda Zia and her sonKhaleda Zia

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia and one of her sons are arrested on charges of corruption and misuse of power

30 September 2007Arrest of Ahmed Akbar SobhanAhmed Akbar Sobhan

Government / Government of Bangladesh

Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, a property tycoon and one of Bangladeshs richest men, his wife and three sons are sentenced in absentia to five years each in jail as part of a Government anti-corruption drive

Names involved

Ahmed Akbar SobhanKhaleda ZiaLajuddin AhmedSheikh Hasina Wajed

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.