Recently on September 6, 2009 Bangabandhu National Stadium hosted a historical international friendly football match between Argentina and Nigeria, featuring the then record FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, a milestone for football in the country.
The The first ever Ifad Film Club Award has been introduced in 7 July 2012 at 'Bangabandhu International Conference Centre', Dhaka.
Dr. Wazed Miah married Sheikh Hasina, elder daughter of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on November 17, 1967, when Sheikh Mujib was in jail awaiting the trial of Agartala Case brought against him for "conspiring to secede from Pakistan".