page_title: 2004 in Bangladesh
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 2004 in Bangladesh / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: rapide action bataillon Français&#160;: rapide action bataillon
context_page_description: 2004 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2004th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 4th year of the 3rd millennium, the 4th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2000s decade.
  The year 2004 was the 33rd year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the fourth year of the third term of the Government of Khaleda Zia.
context_section_description: 26 March - Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is formed for crime control.
  1 April - Police and Coast Guard interrupted the loading of 10 trucks and seized extensive illegal arms and ammunition at a jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL) on the Karnaphuli River. This is believed to be the largest arms smuggling incident in the history of Bangladesh.
  9 April - Forty people were killed and 1,000 injured by tornadoes in Netrokona and Mymensingh districts.
  10 May - Serial killer Ershad Sikder was executed.
  20 May - Three people are killed and dozens injured, including the British High Commissioner in Bangladesh, in a bombing at a shrine in Sylhet.
  3 August - Bangladesh appeals for aid after flooding that covered 60% of the nation.
  21 August - A grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. The attack left 24 dead and more than 300 injured. The attack was carried out at 5.22 PM after Sheikh Hasina the leader of opposition finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. The attacks targeted Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, who was injured in the attack.
  2 September - Two former police officeres convicted in rape of a girl in 1995 were executed. A third convicted cop was later executed on 29 September.
  14 September - Unprecedented heavy rainfall inundated more than two-third of Dhaka city.
  25 September - The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre (earlier named Bhashani Novo Theatre) opened to public.
  20 October - Three former army officers were sentenced to death for the assassination of Shaikh Mujibur Rahman and his family in 1975.
caption: RAB was formed in 2004
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