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

5 killed, 25 hurt in petrol bomb attack in Gaibandha - The Bangladesh Today

Five passengers, including a child and a woman, were burnt alive and 25 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a passengers’ bus in Tulshighat area under Sadar upazila of the district last night, reports BSS. Police said a Dhaka-bound night coach of “Napu Enterprise”, with 50 passengers on board, came under attack hurling petrol bomb by miscreants when it reached on Gaibandha Palashbari road in Tulshighat area, 6 kilometers off Gaibandha town, killing four persons dead on the spot and injuring 25 others. See More

ICC declares Sohag’s action legal - New Age

The International Cricket Council on Saturday said the bowling action of Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi was found legal following remedial work and retests. ICC also declared Sohag along with Pakistani cricketer Saeed Ajmal fit to resume bowling in international cricket. In a press release, the cricket oversight body confirmed the matter. - See more

JCD calls indefinite strike at DU from Sunday - New Age

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Saturday called an indefinite strike in Dhaka University demanding resignation of the vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique. The strike will begin on Sunday. JCD president Razib Ahsan and its general secretary Akramul Hasan announced the strike in a press statement. The strike was called demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique for his failure to ensure coexistence of all student organisations on the campus. -See more

3 burnt alive in Barisal, 1 dies at RMCH as blockade enters day 33 - New Age

In a fresh arson attack on a truck in Barisal, three people died on early Saturday, the 33rd day of indefinite blockade sponsored by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance.
Miscreants hurled a firebomb at a Barisal-bound truck when it reached Mahilara on Dhaka-Barisal highway at Gaurnadi upazila at around 5:15am, said Sajjad Hossain, officer-in-charge of Gaurnadi police station. - See more