Blogger murdered in the Capital - The Daily Sun

A blogger named Washiqur Rahman Babu was stabbed to death by a group of assailants in broad daylight at South Begunbari of Tejgaon Commercial area in Dhaka this morning. The murder took place one month after the killing of popular blogger Avijit Roy.

According to police, Washiqur, 26, a blogger and an employee of Far East Travels Ltd, was stabbed by a group of assailants, numbering at least three, near South Begunbari Jame Mosque around 9:30am, leaving him critically injured, UNB reports.- See More

Rahul Gandhi summoned by Bhiwandi court- The Daily Sun

MUMBAI: A Bhiwandi court in Maharashtra on Monday summoned Congress vice president for his remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), while addressing an election rally in the state, blaming the outfit for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Gandhi scion was asked by the court to appear before it on May 08.

Earlier, the Bombay HC had dismissed Rahul's petition for quashing the defamation case filed against him by a saffron outfit functionary. The court had observed that the Amethi MP “prima facie” intended to harm the RSS reputation by allegedly blaming it for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, Zee News reports.- See More

Seven sentenced to death for killing Mirpur AL leader- The Daily Sun

A Dhaka court on Monday sentenced to death seven people, including a listed criminal, and life term imprisonment to one for killing a Swechhchhasebak League leader in capital's Mirpur area in 2006.

Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of the Speedy Trial Tribunal handed down the verdict.The seven convict are--Md Shahdat, a listed criminal, Md Mintu, Md Masudur Rahman alias Totla Masud, Mahmudur Rahman alias Sohel, Liton Hossain alias Lotas, Md Noman Ibn Basad alias Babu and Md Hasan Sarwar alias Ziku. Another one fugitive convict who awarded life term is--Jahanara. The court also fined Tk 20,000 to Jahanara.-See More

Cabinet approves bill to impose 1pc surcharge on mobile phone users - New Age

The Cabinet on Monday gave the final approval to the draft ‘Development Surcharge and Levy (Imposition and Collection) Bill 2015′ to impose extra levy based on usage of mobile phones.
The Internal Resource Division placed the draft in the weekly cabinet meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the secretariat.
‘The government will realise annually an estimated amount of Tk 140 crore by imposing 1 per cent surcharge on usage of SIM and RUIM of mobile phone users,’ Cabinet Secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters after the meeting. - See more

Draft act eyes punishment for cheque, credit card anomalies- New Age

Bangladesh Bank has drafted the Payment System Act 2015 with a provision of financial penalty or imprisonment for irregularities in running payment services like cheque clearing, ATM and point-of-sales transactions and mobile and agent banking.
The draft, which was made public for taking opinions, said that any entity would have to take prior approval from the central bank to conduct its operation as payment service provider.
The BB proposed that any person will face penalty worth Tk 5 lakh or a three-year rigorous imprisonment on the case-to-case basis due to violation of the act. - See more

2 SSC exams rescheduled for hartal- The Daily Star

The government has rescheduled two examinations of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) scheduled for Sunday and Tuesday due to the 72-hour hartal called by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. English first paper examination supposed to be held on Sunday has been rescheduled for February 13 (Friday) from 9:00am to 12noon, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said at a briefing at Chittagong Circuit House this afternoon. See More

Dhaka cop hurt in crude bomb blast - The Daily Star

A police sergeant suffered splinter injuries as miscreants blasted a crude bomb at Shyamoli in Dhaka this morning. Injured police sergeant Golam Maula was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, said a duty office of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station. The blast occurred on the 33rd day of the ongoing nonstop countrywide blockade enforced by BNP -led 20-party alliance. See more

Jamaat man killed in Pirojpur ‘shootout’ with police - The Independent

An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was killed by own bullets in a ‘gunfight’ with police at local bus stand in Nesarabad upazila early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Bachchu,25, an activist of the upazila unit Jamaat and son of Abdur Jabbar of Jagannathkathi village in the upazila. Abdul Quader Begh, assistant superintendent of police, Pirojpur circle, said police arrested Bacchu along with petrol from Nesarabad area around 9pm on Friday night. See more

The damaged truck standing on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway - The Daily Observer

The damaged truck standing on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Belail area of Bogra town came under arson attack by miscreants early Thursday. The truck driver died in the attack. photo : Observer - See more

2 children missing as trawler capsize in N'ganj - The Daily Observer

A trawler with 50 passengers capsized in Shitalakkhya River as it was hit by a goods-laden cargo vessel on Saturday morning.  Narayanganj River police outpost in-charge Md Nazrul Islam said, the trawler sank in the river at Madanganj area in Bandar upazila around 7:30am. Most of the passengers managed to swim ashore. But two children Sumaiya, 8, and Fahim, 4, went missing. - See more

HRW urges B’desh to bring end deadly cycle of crimes - The Daily Observer

With no end in sight to politically motivated violence and other abuses in Bangladesh, state authorities need to ensure their response respects the rights of all and avoids arbitrary use of force, arrests, and disappearances, said Human Rights Watch (HRW). The New York-based rights body, in a statement published on its website on Saturday, mentioned that nearly 60 people have been killed, hundreds injured, and thousands arrested across the country over the past month. - See more