2–5 January – Cold wave starts to sweep Bangladesh, mainly in the northern and western parts of the country. As the average temperature drops more than recent years, sufferings for common people increase.[4][5][6][7]
6 January – The main stage of Chhatra League (BSL)'s (AL's student wing) diamond jubilee (75th anniversary) program collapses due to overcrowding while AL's general-secretary Obaidul Quader was giving his speech, injuring 5.[11] The incident becomes a troll-topic and circulates in social media platforms,[12] while opposition politicians warn the ruling party of 'collapsing from their power', indicating to the incident.[13]
14 January – US Secretary of State for South and Central Asian AffairsDonald Lu visits Bangladesh as part of his South Asia trip.[14] In the highest ranking US official visit since the US sanction over Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in 2021, topics like democracy, election, labor and human rights issues is discussed among top officials. Lu expresses his satisfaction over the tremendous progress of RAB in the matter of reducing extrajudicial killings (The Daily Star).[15]
19 January – Country's first ever posthumous organ transplantation takes place on BSMMU. Two kidneys and two corneas of 20-year-old Sarah Islam who was declared brain dead, are transplanted to four individual patients.[17][18]
1 February – By-elections are held in six constituencies which felt vacant after the resignation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers. AL-backed candidates win in every constituencies except one amid "voter-drought".[20]
2 February –
Prime Minister inaugurates the construction of the first underground railway project in the country, part of Dhaka Metro Rail.[21]
Bangladesh receives the first installment of an IMF loan.[22]
16 July: Contractual rail workers cause 4 hour long mass blockade of all rail routes to the capital Dhaka city demanding permanency of their jobs.[35]
30 July: Boxer Mohammad Alamin 'The Bull' emerged victorious by Technical Knockout against his Thai counterpart, bringing glory to Bangladesh with his remarkable performance in the ring by completing the 4-round bout within the first round as the Evolution Fight Series concluded.[36][37]
7 November: Bangladesh increases the minimum wage for garment workers by nearly 56% to ৳12,500 (US$113) per month, a move trade unions find insufficient against their demand for a ৳23,000 ($208) threshold amid rising costs of living and inflation.[42]
15 November: The Bangladesh Election Commission announces that parliamentary elections will occur on 7 January next year, following weeks of violent protests by supporters of the opposition.[43]
6 February – Moslem Uddin Ahmad, AL politician, member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2020–2023) (b. 1948)
13 February – Reza Ali, businessman, AL politician, member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2009–2014) (b. 1940)[51]
19 February – Nazmul Huda, barrister and politician, minister of information (1991–1996) and communication (2001–2006), member of the Jatiya Sangsad (1991–2008) (b. 1943)
^সংসদ উপনেতা মতিয়া চৌধুরীকে বরণ করে নিলো সংসদ [Parliament welcomes Deputy Leader of the House Matia Chowdhury]. banglainsider.com (in Bengali). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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