The year 2010 was the 39th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the second year of the second term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.
Note: For the year 2010 average official exchange rate for BDT was 69.65 per US$.
Events
Major events by month
February
25 February: A fire at the Garib & Garib Sweater Factory clothes factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh kills at least 18 people and injures more than 50 others.
8 April: The Bangladesh Army distributes drinking water among more than 12 million people in Dhaka as fears grow over the city's water crisis.
8 April: 29 paramilitary troops are convicted of mutiny and imprisoned for up to seven years at a Bangladeshi tribunal.
17 April: A severe storm strikes Bangladesh and eastern India, killing more than 100 people and destroying over 50,000 homes.
May
23 May: Musa Ibrahim becomes the first Bangladeshi mountain climber to reach the top of Mount Everest. He reached the summit around 5:05am BST on 23 May 2010 and hoisted the flag of Bangladesh on the apex of the world at around 5:16am BST. From then, Bangladesh became the 67th Mount Everest conquering country.
June
3 June: At least 116 people are killed and more than 100 injured in a large fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
* Bangladesh hosted the 2010 South Asian Federation Games from 29 January to 8 February. With 18 golds, 23 silvers and 56 bronzes Bangladesh ended the tournament at the third position in overall points table.
Football:
* Bangladesh participated in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup held in Sri Lanka. They started the tournament well by defeating strong Tajikistan, but then lost to Myanmar and Sri Lanka to exit the tournament from the group stage.
Cricket:
* In January India visited Bangladesh to play 2 test matches, which they won. The test series was followed by a tri-series involving the host Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh did not manage to win any match in the series.
* Bangladesh touredNew Zealand for a single Test match, a three-match ODI series, and one Twenty20 International from 3 to 19 February. This was 'The National Bank' Series. Bangladesh lost all their matched on this tour.
* Then The Bangladesh cricket team toured England, playing three One Day Internationals and two Test matches between 27 May and 12 July and again returned without any victory.
* The New Zealand cricket team toured Bangladesh from 5 to 17 October 2010. Five One Day Internationals were scheduled: Bangladesh won four and the other was abandoned without play. This was Bangladesh's first series victory against a full-strength Test-playing nation. Shakib Al Hasan was the player of the series.
* The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured Bangladesh, playing 5 ODI matches from 1 to 12 December. Bangladesh won the 5 match series 4–1.
