* [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]: [[Khaleda Zia]]
* [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]: [[Khaleda Zia]]
* [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh|Chief Justice]]: [[Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain]]
* [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh|Chief Justice]]: [[Syed Jillur Rahim Mudasser Husain]]
==Demography==
==Demography==
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==Events==
==Events==
*[[11 January]] - Bangladesh registered their first [[Test cricket|Test Match]] victory against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/statistics/4129631.stm Zimbabwein Bangladesh 2005 - BBC]</ref>
* [[11 January]] - Bangladesh registered their first [[Test cricket|Test Match]] victory against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zimbabwe in Bangladesh 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/statistics/4129631.stm |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
*[[27 January]] – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister [[Shah A M S Kibria]] was assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bangladesh.attack/ Grenades kill Bangladesh lawmaker - CNN]</ref>
* [[27 January]] – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister [[Shah A M S Kibria]] was assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Grenades kill Bangladesh lawmaker |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/bangladesh.attack/ |work=CNN}}</ref>
*[[25 February]] – Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were ambushed and at least nine were killed in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/25/congo.ambush/index.html U.N. troops 'die in Congo ambush' - CNN]</ref>
* [[25 February]] – Bangladeshi U.N. peacekeepers were ambushed and at least nine were killed in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{cite news |title= |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/02/25/congo.ambush/index.html U.N. troops 'die in Congo ambush' |work=CNN}}</ref>
*[[11 April]] - A nine-story commercial building [[2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse|collapsed]] due to a [[structural failure]] leading to 73 deaths in the [[Savar Upazila]] of [[Greater Dhaka Area|Dhaka]].<ref name="cleanclothes 2005-04-01">{{cite web |url=https://cleanclothes.org/news/2005/04/01/factory-collapsed-bangladeshi-garment-workers-buried-alive |title=Factory collapsed - Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive |work=Clean Cloths Campaign |last=Davelaar |first=Geertjan |date=2005-04-01 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403172543/http://www.cleanclothes.org/news/2005/04/01/factory-collapsed-bangladeshi-garment-workers-buried-alive |archivedate=2016-04-03 |accessdate=2016-10-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Islam|first1=Shariful|last2=Ashraf|first2=Shamim|title=9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/04/12/d5041201011.htm|accessdate=19 October 2016|work=The Daily Star|date=12 April 2005}}</ref>
* [[11 April]] - A nine-story commercial building [[2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse|collapsed]] due to a [[structural failure]] leading to 73 deaths in the [[Savar Upazila]] of [[Greater Dhaka Area|Dhaka]].<ref name="cleanclothes 2005-04-01">{{cite web |url=https://cleanclothes.org/news/2005/04/01/factory-collapsed-bangladeshi-garment-workers-buried-alive |title=Factory collapsed - Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive |work=Clean Cloths Campaign |last=Davelaar |first=Geertjan |date=1 April 2005 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403172543/http://www.cleanclothes.org/news/2005/04/01/factory-collapsed-bangladeshi-garment-workers-buried-alive |archivedate=3 April 2016 |access-date=19 October 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Islam|first1=Shariful|last2=Ashraf|first2=Shamim|title=9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/04/12/d5041201011.htm|access-date=19 October 2016|work=The Daily Star|date=12 April 2005}}</ref>
*[[23 April]] – Protests erupt in the city of [[Bogra]] against the [[Ahmadiya]] community.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4476121.stm Protestsrise against Muslim sect]</ref>
* [[23 April]] – Protests erupt in the city of [[Bogra]] against the [[Ahmadiya]] community.<ref>{{cite news |title=Protests rise against Muslim sect |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4476121.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[18 June]] – Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions [[Australia]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4103576.stm Bangladesh humble sorry Australia - BBC Sport]</ref>
* [[18 June]] – Bangladesh pull off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history by beating world champions [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh humble sorry Australia |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4103576.stm |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
*[[17 August]] – a series of bomb blasts are detonated simultaneously across [[Bangladesh]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4158478.stm Bombsexplode across Bangladesh]</ref>
* [[17 August]] – a series of bomb blasts are detonated simultaneously across [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bombs explode across Bangladesh |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4158478.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[3 October]] - A series of [[2005 October Bangladesh court bombing|synchronized bombing]] targeted courts in [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Chittagong]], and [[Lakshmipur District|Lakshmipur]] and resulted in 2 deaths and 34 injuries. It was carried out by [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh]], an Islamist terrorist organisation, that opposed secular judiciary and legal system in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trail of terror attacks|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/31/d7033101033.htm|accessdate=14 December 2017|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>
* [[3 October]] - A series of [[2005 October Bangladesh court bombing|synchronized bombing]] targeted courts in [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Chittagong]], and [[Lakshmipur District|Lakshmipur]] and resulted in 2 deaths and 34 injuries. It was carried out by [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh]], an Islamist terrorist organisation, that opposed secular judiciary and legal system in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trail of terror attacks|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/31/d7033101033.htm|access-date=14 December 2017 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref>
*[[14 November]] - A [[2005 Jhalakathi bombing|bombing]] of a car transporting Judges to the District Court of [[Jhalakathi]] killed two senior assistant judges. [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh|Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh]] (JMB) claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group, led by [[Shaykh Abdur Rahman]] and Siddiqur Rahman (also known as [[Bangla Bhai]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh: JMB leader hanged for killing two judges|url=http://www.india.com/news/world/bangladesh-jmb-leader-hanged-for-killing-two-judges-1563986/|website=India.com|accessdate=4 November 2016|date=17 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[14 November]] - A [[2005 Jhalakathi bombing|bombing]] of a car transporting Judges to the District Court of [[Jhalakathi]] killed two senior assistant judges. [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh|Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh]] (JMB) claimed responsibility for the bombings. The group, led by [[Shaykh Abdur Rahman]] and Siddiqur Rahman (also known as [[Bangla Bhai]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh: JMB leader hanged for killing two judges|url=http://www.india.com/news/world/bangladesh-jmb-leader-hanged-for-killing-two-judges-1563986/|website=India.com|access-date=4 November 2016|date=17 October 2016}}</ref>
*[[17 November]] - A Bangladeshi print journalist and bureau chief for ''[[Samakal|Dainik Samakal]]'' in [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]] named [[Gautam Das]] was murdered in his office.<ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist Gautam Das 9th death anniversary |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Journalist_Gautam_Das_9th_death_anniversary/9642 |newspaper=risingbd.com |date=November 17, 2013}}</ref>
* [[17 November]] - A Bangladeshi print journalist and bureau chief for ''[[Samakal|Dainik Samakal]]'' in [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|Faridpur]] named [[Gautam Das]] was murdered in his office.<ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist Gautam Das 9th death anniversary |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Journalist_Gautam_Das_9th_death_anniversary/9642 |newspaper=risingbd.com |date=17 November 2013}}</ref>
*[[29 November]] - Another series of [[2005 November Bangladesh court bombing|simultaneous suicide bombing]] of courts in [[Chittagong]] and [[Gazipur City|Gazipur]] in [[Bangladesh]] carried out by [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh]] killed 8 people and injured over 100.<ref>{{cite web|title=97 held over Bangladesh bombings|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/bangladesh.arrests/index.html|website=edition.cnn.com|publisher=CNN|accessdate=13 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[29 November]] - Another series of [[2005 November Bangladesh court bombing|simultaneous suicide bombing]] of courts in [[Chittagong]] and [[Gazipur City|Gazipur]] in [[Bangladesh]] carried out by [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh]] killed 8 people and injured over 100.<ref>{{cite news |title=97 held over Bangladesh bombings|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/bangladesh.arrests/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=13 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[8 December]] - A [[2005 Netrokona bombing|bomb attack]] at a meeting of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi in [[Netrokona]] resulted in the deaths of eight people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Riaz|first1=Ali|title=Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=Notes|isbn=9780415451727|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtB1NN1vwoEC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=8+December+2005+suicide+bomb+attack+on+Netrokona&source=bl&ots=Ea_sAKfvf_&sig=kroy6pdmji-DY2En0Lqob1xA3Jk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj2pfV44nYAhVDGt8KHVe9C_wQ6AEISzAH#v=onepage&q=8%20December%202005%20suicide%20bomb%20attack%20on%20Netrokona&f=false|accessdate=14 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[8 December]] - A [[2005 Netrokona bombing|bomb attack]] at a meeting of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi in [[Netrokona]] resulted in the deaths of eight people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Riaz|first1=Ali|title=Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=Notes|isbn=9780415451727|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtB1NN1vwoEC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=8+December+2005+suicide+bomb+attack+on+Netrokona&source=bl&ots=Ea_sAKfvf_&sig=kroy6pdmji-DY2En0Lqob1xA3Jk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj2pfV44nYAhVDGt8KHVe9C_wQ6AEISzAH#v=onepage&q=8%20December%202005%20suicide%20bomb%20attack%20on%20Netrokona&f=false|access-date=14 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>
===Awards and Recognitions===
===Awards and recognitions===
[[File:Matiur Rahman, October 2018.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Matiur Rahman (journalist)|Matiur Rahman]]]]
[[File:Matiur Rahman, October 2018.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Matiur Rahman (journalist)|Matiur Rahman]]]]
*[[Matiur Rahman (journalist)|Matiur Rahman]], the Editor of [[Daily Prothom Alo]], was awarded [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]].<ref>
* [[Matiur Rahman (journalist)|Matiur Rahman]], the Editor of [[Daily Prothom Alo]], was awarded [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]].<ref>
** 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 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 runner up in [[Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup]] held in [[Myanmar]].
** Bangladesh also became runner up in [[Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup]] held in [[Myanmar]].
*'''Domestic football''':
* '''Domestic football''':
**[[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>{{cite web
** [[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>{{cite web
| publisher = Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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*'''[[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|accessdate=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>
**The [[Bangladesh national cricket team]] [[Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005|toured England]] for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh played two Test matches against England, which the hosts won comfortably. Later Bangladesh took on [[English cricket team|England]] and [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in the tri-nations [[One-Day_Internationals_in_England_in_2005#NatWest_Series|NatWest Series]], where they pulled off a stunning 5-wicket victory over [[Australia]], the world champions. In the 18th 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.
** The [[Bangladesh national cricket team]] [[Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005|toured England]] for the first time in 2005. Bangladesh played two Test matches against England, which the hosts won comfortably. Later Bangladesh took on [[English cricket team|England]] and [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in the tri-nations [[One-Day Internationals in England in 2005#NatWest Series|NatWest Series]], where they pulled off a stunning 5-wicket 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 [[Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06|toured]] Sri Lanka for three [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] matches and two [[Test cricket]] matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.
** Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team [[Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005–06|toured]] Sri Lanka for three [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] matches and two [[Test cricket]] matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.
27 January – Veteran politician and former Finance Minister Shah A M S Kibria was assassinated along with two of his aides in a grenade attack at Habiganj.[4]
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 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.
