Bangladesh. Sixteen teams were split into four groups, the top two in each group qualifying for the quarterfinals, and from then on a straight knockout contest. Bangladesh defeated Cambodia, Guam and drew with Palestine to reach the knock-out round, but then left the tournament after losing to eventual champion Tajikistan. Cricket: Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in February. They whitewashed the hosts in Test series and won the ODI series 2-1. Kenya toured Bangladesh in March. This time the hosts whitewashed the visitors in a 4 match ODI series. Then, Australia toured Bangladesh in April and whitewashed the hosts in both Test and ODI series. In August Bangladesh toured Zimbabwe and lost to the hosts ina 5 match ODI series at 2-3 margin. Zimbabwe visited Bangladesh for a return tour in November–December when Bangladesh managed to whitewash them in the 5 match ODI series. Chess: Grandmaster Reefat Bin-Sattar earned his GM title. Deaths 21 January – Shamsul Islam Khan, artist and entrepreneur (b. 1926). 19 March – Kazi Golam Mahbub, activist and politician (b. 1927). 11 May – Humayun Khan Panni, politician (b. 1921). 30 May – Husna Banu Khanam, educationist, musician and journalist (b. 1922). 1 July – Shaukat Ali Khan, lawyer and politician (b. 1926). 15 September – Nitun Kundu, artist and entrepreneur (b. 1935). 26 September – Aftab Ahmed, academician (b. 1949). 7 October – Nurul Islam, broadcaster (b. 1928). 10 October – Sheikh Akijuddin, entrepreneur (b. 1929). 31 December – Shefali Ghosh, music artist (b. 1941). See also 2000s in Bangladesh List of Bangladeshi films of 2006 Timeline of Bangladeshi history References