** [[File:Bangladesh football team group photo during the 2005 SAFF Cup.png|left|250px|thumb|[[Bangladesh national football team]] group photo in 2005]] Bangladesh lost to [[India national football team|India]] in the final of the [[2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup]] to become runner up in the 8nation tournament held in [[Pakistan]].
** [[File:Bangladesh football team group photo during the 2005 SAFF Cup.png|right|thumb|[[Bangladesh national football team]] group photo in 2005]] Defending champions Bangladesh lost to [[India national football team|India]] in the final of the [[2005 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup]] to become runner up in the 8-nation tournament held in [[Pakistan]].
** Bangladesh also became runnerup in [[Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup]] held in [[Myanmar]].
** [[Bangladesh national football B team]] became runner-up in [[Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup]] held in [[Myanmar]].
* '''Domestic football''':
* '''Domestic football''':
**[[Brothers Union]] won the [[Dhaka League]] while [[Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)|Dhaka Mohammedan]] became runner-up.<ref name="footballchampions">{{cite web
**[[Brothers Union]] won the [[Dhaka League]] while [[Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)|Dhaka Mohammedan]] became runner-up.<ref name="footballchampions">{{cite web
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** [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Dhaka Mohammedan]] won [[2005–06 National Football Championship (Bangladesh)|National Football Championship]] while [[Abahani Limited (Dhaka)|Dhaka Abahani]] became runner-up.<ref name="footballchampions"/>
** [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Dhaka Mohammedan]] won [[2005–06 National Football League (Bangladesh)|National Football League]] while [[Abahani Limited Dhaka]] became runner-up.<ref name="footballchampions"/>
* '''Continental football''':
* [[Brothers Union]] represented Bangladesh in the [[2005 AFC Cup]].
** [[Brothers Union]] represented Bangladesh in the [[2005 AFC Cup]].
* '''[[Cricket]]''':
* '''[[Cricket]]''':
** [[File:মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Mohammad Ashraful]]]]The [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe cricket team]] [[Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05|toured Bangladesh]] in January 2005 to play two [[Test cricket|Test]] matches and five [[One Day International]] matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1-0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23115717/when-everything-fell-place |title=When everything fell in place |work=ESPNCricinfo |author=Rabeed Imam |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>
** [[File:মোহাম্মদ আশরাফুল.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Mohammad Ashraful]]]]The [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe cricket team]] [[Zimbabwean cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05|toured Bangladesh]] in January 2005 to play two [[Test cricket|Test]] matches and five [[One Day International]] matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1-0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23115717/when-everything-fell-place |title=When everything fell in place |work=ESPNCricinfo |author=Rabeed Imam |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>
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*[[27 January]] – [[Shah A M S Kibria]], economist, diplomat and politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ten charged with Bangladesh murder |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4367359.stm |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2005}}</ref>
*[[27 January]] – [[Shah A M S Kibria]], economist, diplomat and politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ten charged with Bangladesh murder |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4367359.stm |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2005}}</ref>
27 January – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister Shah A M S Kibria is assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at Habiganj.[5]
18 June – Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions Australia.[10]
24 June - While Niko was drilling a relief well to contain the fire from the first blowout at the Chhatak gas field at Tengratial, another blowout occurred at the same field.[11]
The Bangladesh national cricket teamtoured England for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh played two Test matches against England, which the hosts won comfortably. Later Bangladesh took on England and Australia in the tri-nations NatWest Series, where they pulled off a stunning 5-wicket upset victory over Australia, the world champions. In 18 June match, Australia scored 249 in 50 overs and then Bangladesh won with 4 balls to spare, after a century by Mohammad Ashraful. Bangladesh were knocked out of the tournament after three subsequent losses.
Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day Internationalcricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.
