2011 in Bangladesh

Incumbents

• President: Zillur Rahman
• Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
• Chief Justice: A.B.M. Khairul Haque, Md. Muzammel Hossain.

  Demography

Climate

Economy

Events

• 7 January – Widespread outrage at the killing of Felani Khatun a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, who was shot and killed by India's Border Security Force, at India-Bangladesh border.
• 17 February – Bangladesh co-hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The Opening Ceremony of the event was held in the venue Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
• 11 July - At least 40 people, including 38 students, were killed when a pick-up truck carrying them veered off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch at Mayani area of Mirsharai Upazila.
• 13 August – Acclaimed film director Tareque Masud and his long-time co-worker Mishuk Munier, a cinematographer, a journalist and CEO of ATN News died in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Joka under Ghior Upazila while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj after visiting a shooting location.
• 5 September – India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute.
• 16 October - Small share market investors went on a fast-unto-death after forming the Bangladesh Capital Market Investors' Council in response to the bear run in the share market since end of 2010. Opposition politicians declared their solidarity with the protesters.
• 22 October – The market stabilisation fund, worth BDT 50 billion, was conceived by the Bangladesh Association of Banks as a method to increase liquidity in the market and increase share prices, in response to share market scam.
• December: A planned coup to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh was stopped by the Bangladesh Army. A number of officers including retired ones were arrested.

  Sports

• Football:
• * Bangladesh competed in the Group A of 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification held in Myanmar in March. Although Bangladesh secured a surprise victory over the hosts, they lost to Palestine and Philippines to exit the tournament without qualifying.
• * In August, the youth team competed in the 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship held in Nepal. Bangladesh secured fourth position in the tournament.
• * In November the national team competed in the 2011 SAFF Championship held in New Delhi, India. Bangladesh could not secure any victory in the tournament.
• * Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club secured their first title of Premier League.
• Cricket:
• * Bangladesh co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka the 2011 Cricket World Cup from February to April 2011. Bangladesh did not fare well and failed in qualifying for quarter-finals stage. Other than victories against Associate members, their only notable victory was against England.
• * The Australian cricket team toured Bangladesh between 7 and 13 April. The tour consisted of three One Day Internationals. Australia won all the matches in the tour
• * The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 4 to 21 August. The tour consisted of one Test match and five One Day Internationals played against the Zimbabwean national team and one first-class match played against a Zimbabwean representative team. The Test match was Zimbabwe's first since India toured Zimbabwe in 2005. Zimbabwe won the Test match by 130 runs and also won the one-day series 3–2.
• * The West Indies toured Bangladesh in October 2011 and playing two Test matches, the West Indies winning the second, the first being a drawn game. West Indies played three limited overs internationals, winning the series 2–1. Bangladesh won a T20I by 3 wickets.
• * Pakistan toured from 29 November to 21 December 2011, playing one Twenty20 International, three One Day Internationals and two Test matches, Pakistan winning all matches.

  Deaths

• 16 March – Khandaker Delwar Hossain, politician
• 3 May – Ila Majumder, singer
• 6 May – Kazi Nuruzzaman, war hero
• 23 May – Pilu Momtaz, singer
• 7 June – Mohammad Kibria, artist
• 21 June – Kazi Zaker Husain, zoologist
• 13 August – Tareque Masud, film director
• 13 August – Mishuk Munier, broadcast journalist
• 10 October – Shah Muhammad Hasanuzzaman, agriculturist
• 19 October – Munshi Siddique Ahmad, scientist
• 7 November – Aminul Islam, artist
• 13 November – Imdad Hossain, artist
• 13 December – Kabir Chowdhury, educationist, author
• 28 December – Razia Khan, poet
• 30 December – Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, war hero