2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background, Anti-government protests
In the context of the ongoing Bahraini uprising, public protests also occurred over the 2013 staging of the race, after the 2011 event was cancelled and the 2012 event went ahead despite efforts by demonstrators to disrupt the race. According to Reuters, the race went ahead "largely unhindered" by the protests. Reflecting on the changes in the government strategy compared to 2012, they concluded that the public relations battle over this year's race had produced a stalemate, reflecting the situation in the opposition movement generally.


2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Nico Rosberg kept his lead into the first corner, with Vettel and Alonso keeping close company. On the second lap, Vettel went into the lead, and Alonso went into second place. Around the same time, Adrian Sutil, Jean-Éric Vergne and Giedo van der Garde were involved in a collision. Vergne eventually retired on lap 16, with damage caused by a puncture. Sutil would remain in 13th place, stuck behind Nico Hülkenberg for most of the race. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso was complaining about his DRS system not working properly. It was in fact stuck open.


2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
He pitted to get the wing fixed. However, when trying to overtake, it got stuck open again, and was forced to remain without DRS for the rest of the race. He eventually finished 8th as a result. There was drama between the two McLarens of Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez. The two went onto the radio, and complained about each other battling aggressively for the past few laps.


2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button fell to 10th by the closing stages, while Pérez managed to get into 6th, only two seconds ahead of Webber and Alonso, and only 6 tenths behind Lewis Hamilton at the finish. Rosberg had fallen rapidly down the field, and would barely finish in the points, in 9th. Paul di Resta on the other hand, was more successful. He was running in third place at the finishing stages, before Romain Grosjean took the honours with just a few laps remaining. Grosjean's teammate Kimi Räikkönen managed to get into second place, and stay there until the end of the race.


2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel was challenged by him, but he held his own until the flag had fallen, taking his second victory of the season. Felipe Massa on the other hand, had a disappointing weekend. He qualified well in 4th place, but during the race, dropped to 15th place due to two tyre failures.


2013 Bahrain national football team results
This article details the fixtures and results of the Bahrain national football team in 2013.


2013 Bahraini King's Cup
The Bahraini King's Cup is a cup competition involving teams from the Bahraini Premier League and 2nd tier. Al-Muharraq SC are the current holders of the King's Cup, having defeated their arch-rivals Riffa S.C. 3-1 in last year's final. They have won four of the past five editions of the tournament, with Riffa claiming the crown in between in 2010.


2013 Bahraini King's Cup, Draw, Organisation
The opening phases of the cup took place on 22 and 26 February 2013. The quarter-finals took place on March 26 and 27, followed by the semi-finals on April 14. The final took place on April 18, with the king, Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa attending the match.


2013 Bahraini King's Cup, Preliminary round
The winners of the preliminary round qualify for the last 16 elimination round of the tournament.


2013 Baku Cup
The 2013 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the third edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 22 and 28 July 2013.


2013 Baku Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Baku Cup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Baku Cup – Doubles
Irina Buryachok and Valeria Solovyeva were the defending champions, but Solovyeva decided not to participate. Buryachok successfully defended the title alongside Oksana Kalashnikova, defeating Eleni Daniilidou and Aleksandra Krunić in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), [10–4].


2013 Baku Cup – Singles
Bojana Jovanovski was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Ons Jabeur. Elina Svitolina won the title, defeating Shahar Pe'er in the final 6–4, 6–4.


2013 Baku protests
A protest took place on January 12, 2013 in Baku, Azerbaijan after Azerbaijani Army soldier Ceyhun Qubadov was found dead on January 7, 2013. It was first reported that the cause of death was heart attack. Qubadov's family asked for an investigation as they believed it was a murder.


2013 Baku protests
On January 10, 2013, a Facebook event was created. A day later about 13,600 joined it, the next day the number of users joined was 20,000.


2013 Baku protests
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Fountains Square on January 12 with demands of resignation of Safar Abiyev, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister. They held slogans such as "Stop killing our soldiers" and "You must answer to us."


2013 Baku protests, Aftermath
Immediately after the investigation the Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev was fired by the order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Colonel General Zakir Hasanov took his place.


2013 Balkan Athletics Championships
The 2013 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 66th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Beroe Stadium in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria on 27 and 28 July. Romania topped the medal table with eleven gold medals among a total haul of 26. The host nation Bulgaria had the second highest number of gold medals, with nine in a total of 21, while Turkey had the second highest medal total with 23. Turkey won the men's side of the competition while Romania won the women's side.


2013 Balkan Athletics Championships
Amela Terzić of Serbia was the only athlete to win multiple individual events, taking the women's 1500 metres and 3000 metres titles. Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova  and Romania's Adelina Pastor took gold for their countries in both individual and relay events over 100 metres and 400 metres, respectively. The other multiple individual medallists were Turkey's Elif Karabulut (twice runner-up behind Terzić), sprint and hurdles medalist Vania Stambolova.


2013 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2013 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 18th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 23 February at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.


2013 Ball Hockey World Championship
The 2013 Ball Hockey World Championship was the tenth ball hockey world championship held by ISBHF in St.John's, Canada. Slovakia won their second title. Canada captured the bronze medal with a 7 – 3 victory over the Portugal. The Canada women's national ball hockey team captured the gold medal in women's play, avenging the silver medal from 2011.


2013 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2013 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Pete Lembo and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the GoDaddy Bowl where they lost to Arkansas State.


2013 Ball State Cardinals football team, Broadcasts
All Ball State games will be carried by the Ball State Radio Network on WLBC 104.1 FM.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes
The 2013 Balochistan earthquakes took place in late September in southwestern Pakistan. The mainshock had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At at least more than 1,000 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. On 28 September, a M6.8 aftershock occurred to the north at a depth of 14.8 kilometres (9.2 miles), killing at least 22 people. These earthquakes occurred in a sparsely populated region of Pakistan and this reduced the number of casualties significantly.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Tectonic setting
On a broad scale, the tectonics of southern and central Pakistan reflect a complex plate boundary where the India plate slides northward relative to the Eurasia plate in the east, and the Arabia plate subducts northward beneath the Eurasia plate in the Makran (western Pakistan). These motions typically result in north–south to northeast–southwest strike-slip motion at the latitude of the 24 September earthquake that is primarily accommodated on the Chaman Fault, with the earthquake potentially occurring on one of the southernmost strands of this fault system.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Tectonic setting
Further, more in-depth studies will be required to identify the precise fault associated with this event. Although seismically active, this portion of the Eurasia plate boundary region has not experienced large damaging earthquakes in recent history. In the past 40 years, only one significant event has occurred within 200 kilometres (120 mi) of this event, which was a Mw 6.1 earthquake in July 1990 that killed six people.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake
The United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake took place on Tuesday 24 September 2013 at 11:29:48 UTC. The depth was reported to be 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). The earthquake reportedly lasted about a minute, causing panic in cities of southern Pakistan such as Karachi and Hyderabad.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake
The earthquake in occurred as the result of oblique-strike-slip type motion at shallow crustal depths. The location and mechanism of the earthquake are consistent with rupture within the Eurasia plate above the Makran Trench subduction zone. The event occurred within the transition zone between northward subduction of the Arabian plate beneath the Eurasia plate and northward collision of the India plate with the Eurasia plate.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Damage
The earthquake killed at least 825 people and injured hundreds of others. The earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of Pakistan. Most homes and buildings in the region are constructed of mud bricks and collapsed during the earthquake and aftershocks. An official in the Balochistan province claimed that 80 percent of the homes in the Awaran District had collapsed or were damaged. In the regional capital Quetta, some areas appeared to be badly damaged. Officials from the Balochistan government estimated that at least 21,000 houses had been completely destroyed by the tremor, while some areas remained beyond the reach of rescue services 48 hours after the initial quake.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Damage
PAGER impact estimates from the United States Geological Survey included a red alert level for initial shaking-related fatalities (35% chance of 1,000–10,000 fatalities, 27% chance of 10,000–100,000 fatalities) and an orange alert level for economic impact (35% chance of US$100 million–$1 billion, 26% chance of US$1–10 billion).


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Damage
The earthquake was felt in major cities across Pakistan, including Karachi, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Larkana, and Lahore. The quake was also felt in Delhi, India, where some buildings shook, and Muscat, Oman—800 kilometres (500 mi) from the epicenter—where mild tremors shook tables and cabinets. The earthquake shook in the parts of UAE, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and as far as Qatar. The earthquake also shook Saravan, Iran without causing any damage or casualties. There were also minor tremors and aftershocks in the United Arab Emirates.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Ground effects
The earthquake was apparently powerful enough to raise a small island, later dubbed Zalzala Jazeera, meaning "quake island", in the Arabian Sea, variously reported as being 350 metres (1,150 ft) to 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) off the shore of Gwadar. The island is partially composed of rock, but mostly consists of mud and sand. The oval-shaped island was 60–70 feet (18–21 m) high and about 200–300 feet (61–91 m) long according to local people that visited the island the day after it appeared. They noticed a smell of gas and managed to ignite it, later extinguishing it with difficulty.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Ground effects
The island is believed to be the result of a mud volcano. In the region, deposits of frozen gas hydrates—which have a large methane content—exist beneath 300 to 800 metres (980–2,620 ft) of compressed sediment. After such a large earthquake, the gas hydrates converted from frozen to gaseous form through the heat of friction and either raised the overlaying sediment enough to create fissures through which it escaped or rose through fissures resulting from the earthquake itself.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Earthquake, Ground effects
Another possible contributing factor in the island's creation was the liquefaction of the seabed, which allowed finer, loosely packed sediments to become liquid-like and squeeze up through fissures in overlying compressed sediment. Locals who ventured to the island shortly after it formed heard a hissing noise at one end and started a fire which was difficult to extinguish. There are several mud volcanoes inland near Zalzala Jazeera and they are common in the vicinity of subducting plate boundaries; in fact, similar islands have appeared in the same region following earthquakes in 1945, 1999, 2001, and 2010. Because of its composition of softer sediments, the sea was predicted to erode the island completely within a few months. By the end of 2016, the island had completely disappeared.


2013 Balochistan earthquakes, Aftermath
On 26 September, two days after the disaster, two rockets were fired at a helicopter carrying Maj. Gen. Muhammad Saeed Aleem, the National Disaster Management Authority chairman, as well as other officials and members of the media. Government sources blamed Balochi separatists, who are very active in the Awaran area.


2013 Balochistan provincial election
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.


2013 Balochistan provincial election, Background
The 2013 elections resulted in a hung parliament, before Pakistan Muslim League (N), National Party, and Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party joined hands to form a coalition government. A power-sharing agreement was also brokered between PML-N and NP where the province's Chief Ministership tenure would be bifurcated between the two parties. In consequence, NP's Abdul Malik Baloch served as chief minister from 2013 to 2015 before he was replaced by PML-N's Sanaullah Khan Zehri at the end of 2015.


2013 Balochistan provincial election, Background
However, Zehri couldn't complete his term as on 2 January 2018, a number of dissident members from the ruling PML-N colluded with opposition lawmakers to submit a no-confidence motion against him. Seeing that he has lost the majority of the house's support in the ensuing turmoil, Zehri resigned from his post before a no-confidence vote could take place. Pakistan Muslim League (Q)'s, Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an opposition lawmaker and one of the leaders of the no-confidence bloc, was elected as the province's 15th Chief Minister. He secured 41 of the 65 votes.


2013 Baltic Chain Tour
The 2013 Baltic Chain Tour was the third edition of the Baltic Chain Tour road cycling race. It was held over a period of six days between 19 and 25 May 2013. The race was a part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour with a race classification of 2.2. General classification was won by German cyclist Philipp Walsleben of BKCP– Powerplus.


2013 Baltic Chain Tour, Stages, Stage 2
20 August 2013 – Tallinn to Viljandi, 193.9 km (120.5 mi)


2013 Baltic Chain Tour, Stages, Stage 3
21 August 2013 – Viljandi to Otepää, 171.1 km (106.3 mi)


2013 Baltic Chain Tour, Stages, Stage 4
22 August 2013 – Smiltene to Sigulda, 179.0 km (111.2 mi)


2013 Baltic Chain Tour, Stages, Stage 5
24 August 2013 – Panevėžys to Utena, 154.1 km (95.8 mi)


2013 Baltic Chain Tour, Stages, Stage 6
25 August 2013 – Utena to Vilnius, 152.4 km (94.7 mi)


2013 Baltic Futsal Cup
The 2013 Baltic Futsal Cup was held from December 6 to 8, 2013 in Latvia. Latvia won the tournament.


2013 Baltimore Orioles season
The 2013 Baltimore Orioles season was the 113th season in franchise history, the 60th in Baltimore, and the 22nd at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles began the 2013 season on April 2 against the Tampa Bay Rays.


2013 Baltimore Orioles season
The Orioles set team fielding records in the modern era, with the fewest errors in a 162-game season (54) and highest team fielding percentage (.991).


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Spring training
The Orioles finished preseason spring training with a 19–9 win–loss record, the best record in the Grapefruit League. This excludes four tie games, which did not count toward the standings.


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
The following players represented the Orioles in the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
The following players received Gold Glove Awards for the 2013 MLB season


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
The following player received the American League Platinum Glove Award for the 2013 MLB season


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
The following players received Silver Slugger Awards for the 2013 MLB season


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
1st baseman Chris Davis won the American League home run championship (53) and RBI championship (138), and set franchise records for home runs and extra-base hits (96).


2013 Baltimore Orioles season, Roster, Accolades
The Orioles set a major league record for fewest errors in a full season with 54.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season
The 2013 Baltimore Ravens season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League and the sixth under head coach John Harbaugh. The Ravens entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champions from the previous year, but failed to improve on their 10–6 record from 2012, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and for the first time in the Harbaugh/Flacco era. For the first time in franchise history, Ray Lewis was not on the roster, as he announced his retirement before the playoffs began the year prior.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season
He retired as a champion of Super Bowl XLVII and was the last remaining player from the team's inaugural season. Lewis also helped the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV over the New York Giants and is believed by many as the greatest Baltimore Raven of all time. Including Lewis, the team parted ways with a record eight starters from the Super Bowl-winning squad; no other defending Super Bowl champion had lost more than five.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
Due to a conflict involving the Orioles' schedule, the Ravens opened the regular season on the road against the Broncos, the first time a defending Super Bowl champion team had done so since the Buccaneers in 2003 when they opened their regular season against the Eagles. This was be a rematch of the previous year's AFC Divisional game also known as the Mile High Miracle.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
The Ravens drew first blood when Joe Flacco found Vonta Leach on a 2-yard touchdown pass to take the lead 7–0 in the first quarter for the only score of the period. The Broncos tied the game in the 2nd quarter with Peyton Manning finding Julius Thomas on a 24-yard pass to take the game to 7–7. The Ravens moved back into the lead when Ray Rice ran for a 1-yard touchdown to make the score 14–7.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
Peyton found Julius again on a 23-yard pass to make the score 14–14 for another tie before the Ravens kicker Justin Tucker nailed a 25-yard field goal to make the score 17–14 at halftime. In the 3rd quarter, the Broncos went right back to work as Peyton found Andre Caldwell on a 28-yard touchdown pass to take a 21–17 lead followed up with finding Wes Welker on 2 consecutive passes from 5 yards and 2 yards out for an increase in the lead first to 28–17 and then to 35–17.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Denver Broncos
Later on in the quarter, Peyton found Demaryius Thomas on a 26-yard pass to increase the lead to 42–17. The Ravens tried to rally a comeback in the last quarter, with Flacco finding Marlon Brown on a 13-yard pass to shorten the Broncos' lead 42–24 followed up by Tucker's 30-yard field goal to make the score 42–27. However, the Broncos wrapped things up in the game when Peyton found D. Thomas again on a 78-yard pass to make the final score 49–27. The Ravens began their season 0–1 for the first time under John Harbaugh as head coach and Joe Flacco as their starter. They also lost their first regular season opening game since 2007 as well as becoming the 2nd straight defending Super Bowl champion team to lose their season opener.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns
With their 11th straight win over the Browns, the Ravens improved to 1–1.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Houston Texans
Despite playing without star running back Ray Rice and a few other key starters, the Ravens were able to hold Houston to just 9 points, despite several trips on Baltimore's side of the field, including three red zone trips. With the win, the Ravens avenged their 30-point blowout last year to Houston, improved to 2–1 overall and 7–1 all time against the Texans, including playoffs.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Miami Dolphins
The Ravens won on the road for the first time in their 2013 season and improved to 3–2.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Pittsburgh Steelers
This was the first loss against the Steelers at Heinz Field since the 2010–11 NFL playoffs. With the loss, the Ravens headed into their bye week at 3–4.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Cleveland Browns
The Ravens lost their third straight game and fell to 3–5. It also snapped the team's 11-game winning streak over the Browns. Harbaugh and Flacco's records against the Browns dropped to 11–1.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
The Ravens were ahead 17–0 at half time, but the Bengals scored 17 unanswered points in the second half to force overtime. At the end of the fourth quarter, Andy Dalton threw a 51-yard Hail Mary that was first tipped by Ravens defender James Ihedigbo at the goal line, but eventually found A. J. Green in the end zone. However, about five minutes into overtime, Justin Tucker kicked the winning field goal (46 yards), and the Ravens improved to 4–5.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Chicago Bears
The game was interrupted in the first quarter for about two hours as a result of a torrential downpour at Soldier Field. After a slow start to the season, Ray Rice rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown. The Ravens were able to get the game to overtime, but the Bears won on a Robbie Gould field goal. The Ravens fell to 4–6.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Ravens won consecutive games for the first time since September and improved to 6–6. Additionally, they also improved to 2–0 in Thanksgiving Day games.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Controversy erupted in the third quarter when Steelers' head coach Mike Tomlin stood on the field along the his team's sideline as Jacoby Jones broke free on a kickoff return for a potential game breaking touchdown. Tomlin, with his back to the approaching play, appeared to glance over his shoulder then place his foot briefly onto the field as he jumped out of the way, causing Jones to veer inside where he was tackled.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Several Ravens players claimed Tomlin had intentionally interfered with Jones; if officials had agreed, a touchdown could have been awarded to the Ravens based on the palpably unfair act. However, no penalty was called for interference or for standing in the white border area reserved for the officiating crew. On December 4, 2013, the NFL fined Tomlin $100,000.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings
In an eventful game, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson appeared to injure his ankle in the second quarter, and did not return to the game.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Minnesota Vikings
In the fourth quarter there were six lead changes, with five touchdowns scored in the final 125 seconds. Marlon Brown caught a nine-yard pass from Joe Flacco with four seconds remaining, and the Ravens improved to 7–6.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Detroit Lions
Justin Tucker scored six field goals, including a franchise record (and career long) 61-yard field goal with 38 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. The Ravens won their fourth straight game and improved to 8–6.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New England Patriots
With the loss, the Ravens fell to 8–7 and back to seventh place in the playoff hunt, enabling their division rivals Bengals to secure the AFC North title.


2013 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Cincinnati Bengals
With this defeat, the Ravens were eliminated from post-season contention, assuring the NFL of a new Super Bowl Champion for the ninth straight year. The Ravens finished the season with a record of 8–8. This was also the last NFL game for running back Ray Rice as he was indefinitely suspended by the NFL and released by Ravens the following season.


2013 Banca dell'Adriatico Tennis Cup
The 2013 Banca dell’Adriatico Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy between 8 and 14 July 2013.


2013 Banca dell'Adriatico Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Banca dell'Adriatico Tennis Cup – Doubles
Brydan Klein and Dane Propoggia were the defending champions, but Klein chose not to compete. Propoggia chose to compete with Stefano Ianni but lost in the first round to Alessandro Motti and Matteo Volante. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Maxime Teixeira defeated Alessandro Giannessi and João Sousa 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2013 Banca dell'Adriatico Tennis Cup – Singles
Gianluca Naso was the defending champion but lost to David Guez in the first round. Andrej Martin defeated top-seeded João Sousa 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2013 Bandung mayoral election
A mayoral election was held in Bandung on 23 June 2013, in order to elect the mayor of Bandung for a five-year term between 2013 and 2018. It was the second direct mayoral election in the city's history. Eight candidates vied for the mayoral seat, four of which are not backed by any political parties. Incumbent mayor Dada Rosada did not participate, having served two full terms as mayor.


2013 Bandung mayoral election
The election followed a first past the post system, in which the winner might have only a plurality of the votes. Architect Ridwan Kamil won the election with about 45 percent of the votes - over double the nearest competitor.


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Timeline
Independent candidates were required to submit proof of popular support between 10 and 14 February 2013, with party-backed candidates being allocated a week between 11 and 17 March in order to register. The campaign period was officially set to be between 6 and 19 June, with the voting process taking place on 23 June.


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Timeline
There were 4,119 ballot locations accommodating 1,658,808 eligible voters. According to Law No. 12 of 2008 on regional governance, a second-round election is required if the winning candidate earns less than 30 percent of the votes. If that was the case, the second round voting would be held on 24 August, with the final winner being officially made mayor on 16 September.


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Issues
Due to rapid urbanization, Bandung encountered problems such as economic and social inequality, corruption, traffic jams and environmental degradation. The candidates held a public debate in June, during which multiple incidents of provocative speech was done by supporters. Following the debates, an observer from Padjadjaran University remarked that "only two pairs are actually qualified to lead Bandung" and that the others were just "trying their luck", although he did not specify which.


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Results
Early exit polls were in favor of Ridwan-Oded's victory, with a turnout of about 57 percent. Chief of the local KPU noted the low turnout, stating that he was "disappointed".


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Results
There were also 43,494 votes which were invalidated due to the ballot paper not being used or used more than once. On 28 June, Ridwan Kamil-Oded M Danial were declared winners of the election, having won in all 30 subdistricts (kecamatan) of the city. Following the announcement, six of the seven other candidate pairs (i.e. all except Iswara-Asep) objected to the result, citing irregularities in the election process. The objections were raised to the Constitutional Court on 2 July, and on 23 July the court upheld the election results. Ridwan was formally sworn in as mayor on 16 September, as scheduled.


2013 Bandung mayoral election, Results, Analysis
Observers noted the presence of Ridwan Kamil and his campaign team on social media, especially Twitter, as a contributing factor to his victory. Other candidates were also associated with corruption cases. Despite PKS being embroiled in a scandal during the election period, Ridwan's strong figure was postulated to have overshadowed this.


2013 Bandy World Championship
The 2013 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 23 and February 3, 2013, in Norway and Sweden.


2013 Bandy World Championship
14 countries participated in the 2013 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden  (group A),  Canada, Estonia, Japan, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States (group B). The B-group Championship was played in Sapa Arena in Vetlanda. The B-Group games were only played 2x30 minutes.


2013 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Group 1
Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.


2013 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Group 2
Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.


2013 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Final standings
The USA will replace Belarus in group A next year.


2013 Bangalore bombing
A bomb explosion known as the 2013 Bangalore bombing occurred on 17 April 2013 in Bangalore, India, at 10:30 (IST) near the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Karnataka New State Office Jagannath Bhawan, on Temple Street 11th Cross, Malleswaram.


2013 Bangalore bombing
Sixteen people were reported to have been injured. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confirmed that the latest Bangalore blast was a terror attack. Syed Ali and Jahan Aamir were arrested by the Bangalore Police for the attack.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
(Timeline displayed in reverse chronological order)A motorcycle was parked in between two cars near the BJP Karnataka State Office Jagannath Bhawan. The blast ripped apart the motorcycle and gutted both cars. Windows of nearby houses and vehicles were also reported to have been shattered due to the shock-wave from the blast.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 at 3:00 pm – Security was stepped up in New Delhi in the wake of the Bangalore blast with special checking of inbound and outbound vehicles. Personnel were deployed across the national capital but police said there was no reason to panic. Vigilance was also stepped up at railway stations, airports, Metro stations, market places and other public places in the capital.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 2:45 pm – Eleven policemen were reportedly injured in the blast, sources said.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 2:30 pm – Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde spoke on the Bangalore blast in Kolkata on Wednesday. He said he had already constituted a probe into the Bangalore blast.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 2:06 pm – An NSG team is set to leave for Bangalore.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:54 pm – Another blast was reported by the local media from Hebbal. Police, however, denied such reports.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:47 pm – NIA and sleuths were probing the blast site. Karnataka has been put on high alert.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:45 pm – Bangalore Police was alerted about possible disruptive activities a couple of days ago. On Tuesday, Bangalore hosted an IPL match and the security was expected to be high with elections around the corner.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:40 pm – BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi condemned the blast.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:38 pm – The Ind-Suzuki motorcycle in which the explosive (500 grams) was placed had a Tamil Nadu registration number and was parked there since yesterday, sources said. The explosion was carried out with a timer, it was learnt. The two-wheeler was a stolen one, reports said.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:36 pm – Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu condemned the incident and hoped that the center and the government of Karnataka probed the incident in proper coordination. He said they would wait for the outcome of the probe.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:15 pm – Reports confirmed that IED was used to trigger the Malleshwaram blast in Bangalore on Wednesday morning. 1:10 pm – R Ashoka, Karnataka deputy chief minister and home minister said the BJP will not be deterred by such cowardly acts. He said it was clearly an act of terror.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 1:05 pm – A female victim admitted in the hospital said she fell down after hearing a massive explosion and seeing fire. "I don't remember anything after that," she said. Meanwhile, officials said none of the vehicles that were present at that Bangalore blast site had a LPG kit. Karnataka Police DGP Lalrokhuma Pachau said the motorcycle and a van were damaged the most in the blast.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 12:44 pm – Home Secretary RPN Singh appealed for peace and calm. Police said the nature of the injuries in the blast were not very serious and the injured were undergoing treatment at KC Hospital. Singh said the Karnataka Police will be given all possible help in probing the incident.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 12:33 pm – Police were suspecting whether the blast targeted at the BJP office. The entire area has been cordoned off. The toll of injured touches 16.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 12:23 pm – The injured in the blast included a CRPF jawan and an 18-year-old PU student who was on her way to the tutorial. They were being treated at KC Hospital in Malleshwaram. Two teenage girls were among the injured.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 12:13 pm – An NIA team was rushed to the blast spot. Although initially it was said that the NIA's assistance would not be required to probe the case. A forensic team had also reached the spot to probe the incident. The bomb squad was also expected to arrive at the spot.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 12:09 pm – BJP spokesperson Ashwatnarayana said they had come out in the street after hearing a huge blast. "We had first thought it to be a transformer blast," he said. "Thanks to good old trees on Bevinamarada Raste the damage is minimal," the BJP man told OneIndia News. If the blast near BJP's office in Banglore is a terror attack, it will certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election. BJP leader Balbir Punj had said earlier that he hoped that it was not a terror attack.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 11:45 am – Commissioner of Police Raghavendra Auradkar said the explosion was caused by a motorcycle bomb. The police said the explosives were placed on the motorcycle. The police, however, said there was no need to seek NIA help in the probe at the moment.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Event description and timeline
17 April 2013 – 11:30 am – Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said it was too early to make any statement on whether it was a terror attack. He said the officials were investigating it thoroughly.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Investigation
According to police chief of Karnataka, Lalrokhuma Pachau, the material that was used for explosion was ammonium nitrate which is easily available in the market and frequently used by terrorist groups The motorbike used for the purpose was reported to have been stolen from Hyderabad while the number plate bearing Tamil Nadu registration number TN22R3769 was also recovered from the spot.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Investigation
A team from the National Investigation Agency has arrived from Delhi to investigate into the matter. A team of the National Security Guard has also left for Bangalore to aid the police.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Investigation
So far no one has claimed responsibility for the bombings.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Victims
16 people, 8 policemen and 8 civilians, are reported to have been injured in the blast. All the victims were rushed to KC General Hospital. According to director general of police (DGP) Lalrokhuma Pachau none of the victim suffered serious injuries. The eight civilians include three women and two teenagers.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Victims
A number of vehicles and nearby houses also bore the brunt of the blast.


2013 Bangalore bombing, Victims
With State elections due in Karnataka on 5 May 2013, the BJP State HQ was busy with many visitors. The injured policemen were on security duty at close proximity to the BJP office.


2013 Bangkok by-election
Bangkok by-election in 2013 were held on 16 June 2013.


2013 Bangkok gubernatorial election
The tenth election for the governorship of Bangkok took place on 3 March 2013. The election was won by incumbent governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra of the Democrat Party. Twenty-five candidates contested the election. Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, representing the Pheu Thai Party, was regarded as the other major contender.


2013 Bangkok gubernatorial election
The election was scheduled to take place sixty days after Sukhumbhand resigned on 9 January 2013, his second-to-last day of office. (Resignation, as opposed to completion of the term, effectively extended the election deadline for another fifteen days.) The Election Commission accepted registrations on 21–25 January, although unofficial campaigning had begun earlier.


2013 Bangkok gubernatorial election
The election was viewed as a sharp contest between the Democrat Party, whose candidates had held the governorship since 2004, and the Pheu Thai Party, which lead the current national government. While Bangkok is regarded as a traditional stronghold of the Democrat Party, Sukhumbhand faced low public approval ratings. Prior to endorsing Sukhumbhand, the party faced internal controversy over the candidacy. Sukhumbhand's first-term performance was generally viewed as poor, a fact some have attributed to partisan conflicts between the city and national governments. The Pheu Thai Party picked up on this dissatisfaction and campaigned on "seamless coordination" between the governments. Its candidate, Pongsapat, previously served as spokesman of the Royal Thai Police.


2013 Bangkok gubernatorial election
The highlight of the election was also other candidates who ran independently, including:


2013 Bangkok gubernatorial election
Sukhumbhand won the election with 1,256,349 votes, or 47.75% percent of votes cast. Pongsapat won 1,077,899 votes (40.97%). Voter turnout was 63.98 percent.


2013 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2013 Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League started on 11 February 2013 where 8 clubs competed with each other on home and away basis.


2013 Bangladesh Championship League, Teams and locations
The following 8 clubs competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2013 season.


2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup
The 2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup was the 26th edition to be played and was known as the Walton Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons.


2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup
The competition started on 21 November and finished with the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 9 December.


2013 Bangladesh Federation Cup
Twelve teams took part with the first round being played as a group stage; all groups contained three teams. The top two sides from each group qualified for the knock-out stages.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong on 19 February 2013 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League, second season of a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. It ended as the Gladiators defeated the Kings by 43 runs. It was the second consecutive final and title for the Gladiators.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The Gladiators, captained by Mashrafe Mortaza, topped the group stage table, whereas the Kings, led by Mahmudullah, stood at the third position.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final
Winning the toss, Kings' captain Mahmudullah opted to field first. The Gladiators scored 172 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 9 wickets. Batting at number 3, Wicket-keeper Anamul Haque top scored for the Gladiators with 58 runs. Shakib Al Hasan scored 41 for Gladiators. Kings' bowler Rubel Hossain took four wickets for 44 runs. The Kings failed to build a good opening partnership when their opener Shehan Jayasuriya got out at 26. After this there was no big partnerships expect the 37 runs partnership at 6th wicket which was their highest.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final
However, the other opener Jason Roy and skipper Mahmudullah scored 40 and 44 respectively to get to the target. But lack of good partnerships and contributions the Kings' innings ended as 129 all-out. Gladiators won the match by 43 runs and earned the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League title. Mosharraf Hossain of Gladiators was named the man of the match for his three wickets for 26 runs in bowling.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The Gladiators started their campaign with three straight wins. However they lost to the Royals at their fourth match. Then they won two consecutive matches before they lost against the Kings. They again won three straight matches before the last match. Their loss to Barisal Burners wasn't too much effective as they went to beat the Kings at their last group stage match to top the points table of group stage. The campaign of Chittagong started with two straight defeats against Duronto and Rangpur Riders.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
They won just one match in their first five matches which came against the Burners while they lost to Royals and Burners in other matches. But from there they got four consecutive wins to get a position in the points table. Though in last three matches they only won against Duronto with losses against Riders and Gladiator. Still Kings qualified for the playoffs by securing the third place at the points table.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Group stage
The two teams faced each other in two matches of the group stage, where both teams won a match each.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
From 2013 edition of Bangladesh Premier League the knock-out stage format went through a change. The format was first and second place holder of the points table would play the first match of knockout stage called Race to the Final. While the third and fourth placed team at points table would play the second match of knockout stage called Elimination Final. Winner of Race to the Final would qualify for final and loser of Elimination Final would get eliminated from the tournament. Then the loser of the Race to the Final and winner of the Elimination Final would play the Semi-Final. Winner of Semi-Final would join the winner of Race to the Final in the Final of Bangladesh Premier League.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
In the points table Dhaka Gladiators were the top placed team, then Sylhet Royals, Chittagong Kings and Duronto Rajshahi were in the second, third and fourth position respectively. So, Gladiators and Royals fought each other in the Race to the Final. In the match after winning the toss Royals captain Mushfiqur Rahim decided to field first. Royals bowlers bowled well as only two players of Gladiators could score more than 20 runs. But one of that innings were of 114 off 51 balls smashed by Chris Gayle.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
Gayle's 114 and 38 from Shakib Al Hasan helped Gladiators to reach 197 for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Sajedul Islam took three wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. In reply Royals fought well with the skipper Rahim scoring 86 runs from 44 balls. But still they fell short of 4 runs and scored 193 for 6 in allotted 20 overs. Gladiators won the match by 4 runs and qualified for the final. While Royals had to play the Semi-Final.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
Kings and Duronto who were the third and fourth placed team at points table respectively had to face each other in the Eliminator Final. Winning the toss Muktar Ali the skipper of Duronto Rajshahi opted to bat first. They could score 107 run with the loss of 6 wickets in their 20 overs. Sean Ervine scored unbeaten 47 runs. Kings bowler Taskin Ahmed took 4 wickets for 31 runs. In reply Kings reached the target easily with four wickets in hand and 16 balls to spare. Ravi Bopara scored unbeaten 34 runs for the Kings. As a result of this match Duronto were eliminated from the tournament while Kings qualified for the Semi-Final where their opponent was the Royals


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
The final qualifier of the knockout stage was contested by the Sylhet Royals and Chittagong Kings. Royals lost to Gladiators in the Race to the Final while Kings beat Duronto in the Eliminator Final to keep their hopes alive. The match was originally scheduled to play at 17 February 2016. But rain washed the game out and the game was decided to play on the next day which was also the rest day. Chittagong skipper Mahmudullah won the toss of the semifinal and asked Royals to bat first. Royals scored 149 for 7 wickets in 20 overs.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to the final, Play-Off Stage
Elton Chigumbura scored the highest score of unbeaten 42 while skipper Rahim scored 36. Their partnership of 58 in the fifth wicket helped Kings to post 149 on board. Enamul Haque jnr. and Kevon Cooper took two wickets each for Kings. Kings' start for the chase of 150 wasn't good as 2 wickets fallen just for 4 runs. But later on score of 44 and 33 from Ryan ten Doeschate and Nurul Hasan respectively helped Kings to chase down the target with three wickets in hand and five balls to spare. As a result of this match Royals were eliminated from the tournament and Kings joined Glaidiators in the Final.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League player auction
The players auction for the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League was held on December 20, 2012 at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka. Domestic players were set a base price between $10,000 and $50,000, while international players were set a base price between $15,000 and $75,000.No Indian players included in 2013 BPL edition.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League player auction, Player list, Domestic players
Domestic players within the top three categories for the auction are listed below:


2013 Bangladesh Premier League player auction, Player list, International players
International players in of the two top categories for the auction are listed below. Players with a strike through their name were withdrawn on the day of the auction. Yasir Arafat, Ryan ten Doeschate and Peter Trego were added to Category A on auction day.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League player auction, Unsold players
The following is a list of players who remained unsold in the auction.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League player auction, Post-auction signings
Franchises are able sign  players after the BPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who are not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under BPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less. The Pakistan Cricket Board refused to issue No Objection Certificates (NOC) to any of its player who were selected by the BPL franchises and therefore Pakistani cricketers will not take part in the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League.


2013 Bangladesh Premier League squads
The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is a professional Twenty20 league in Bangladesh. The league consists of 7 teams for the first time from seven different cities. This is a list of the squads of all franchise for the 2013 edition.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
On 28 February 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, the vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami to death for war crimes committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Following the sentence, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked Hindus in different parts of the country. Hindu properties were looted, Hindu houses were burnt into ashes and Hindu temples were desecrated and set on fire. While the government has held the Jamaat-e-Islami responsible for the attacks on minorities, the Jamaat-e-Islami leadership has denied any involvement. Minority leaders have protested the attacks and appealed for justice. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has directed law enforcement to start suo motu investigation into the attacks. The US Ambassador to Bangladesh expressed concern about attacks by Jamaat on the Bengali Hindu community.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Background
Attacks on Hindu minorities have been the work of extremists supported by the Jamaat and Bangladesh National Party (BNP). After the Judge's decision to give the death sentence to Delwar Hossain was released, the Jamaat and BNP burst into riots against governments, as well as attacking minorities and local police. The attacks destroyed thousands of Hindu houses and temples. These attacks have been heavily criticised by the United States Government, as well as India and other peace-demanding nations and organizations.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks
After the verdict, the Jamaat-e-Islami took to the streets in protest against the verdict. They attacked the establishment including the police, fire brigade, disrupted the traffic and set vehicles on fire. They attacked specially the Hindu minorities, destroyed their houses and businesses, vandalised their temples and set them on fire. According to community leaders, more than 50 Hindu temples and 1,500 Hindu homes were destroyed in 20 districts.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
The Jihadi Groups who are responsible for these attacks are groups that are funded by Langley and includes the more notorious Hefazate Islam, Jamaati Islami and BNP. BNP and Jamaati Islami has been funding these extremist groups. This was portrayed in an article by a Pakistani Journalist in the International Herald Tribune. In Noakhali District several Hindu homes and temples came under the attack of the Islamists. On the morning of 28 February, the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir began to gather near Rajganj Bazar in Begumganj Upazila.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
At around 2 pm, immediately after the verdict, the activists armed with sticks, started a procession in protest against the verdict. The procession vandalised the Kali temple at Rajganj Bazar and the temple near Bainnabari. Then they attacked the Hindus in nearby Tongipar and Aladinagar villages. They vandalised eight Hindu households and looted all the valuables including money and jewellery. The temple of Bhuiyan house in Tongipar village was vandalised. Six people were injured in the attacks. The violence continued in phases till the evening. Around 6–30 p.m. Rapid Action Battalion was deployed to bring the situation under control. On 23 March, Islamic extremists vandalised and looted a temple at Companiganj Upazila On 26 March, miscreants set fire in a Hindu house at Zirtali union belonging to Begamganj Upazila.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
In Lakshmipur District, five Hindu-owned jewellery shops were looted and one Hindu temple attacked and looted in Chandraganj. After the midnight of 28 February, one Hindu temple has been on fire in Gaiyarchar in Raipur Upazila. The police prevented the rioters from setting fire to another temple. Two Hindu monasteries were set on fire. On 1 March, the miscreants set fire to a Hindu house in Char Sita area of Ramgati Upazila. On 11 May, Miscreants set fire on a Hindu Temple at Ramganj Upazila.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
On 28 February, in the afternoon Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists attacked the Hindus in Chittagong District. In Banshkhali Upazila, the attackers set fire to Hindus houses in Dakshin Jaldi area of Jaldi Union. 20 houses were gutted. 16 Hindus were injured in the arson, two of the died. A 65-year-old Hindu was killed in the attacks. On early morning of 5 March at around 2–30 a.m., the Sarbajaneen Magadeshwari Mandir at East Rupkania of Satkania Upazila was torched. At around 3:30 am the Khetrapal Temple was burned to ashes and money from donation box was looted.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
In Cox's Bazar, the Jamaat activists destroyed three Hindu temples. In Kutubdia Upazila, thousands of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists gathered before the Upazila Parishad office around 9 pm. Around 10 p.m. they set fire to Hindu temples, after vandalising government offices and an Awami League party office.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
In Comilla District, image of a Hindu deity was vandalised in Brahmanpara Upazila. On 1 March at around 11 pm, eleven shops including four owned by the Hindus were set on fire in Kheora Bazar in Kasba Upazila of Brahmanbaria District. On the early morning of 6 March, some time after 2:30 a.m., unidentified miscreants set fire to Sarbajanin Kali Mandir after vandalising five idols at Chapatali village under Mohammadpur East Union in Daudkandi Upazila of the district.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Chittagong Division
In Rangamati District, Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh activists set fire in a temple at Bagahichari Upazila on 28 March.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Khulna Division
On the night of 28 February, miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Pingjour village under Chingrikhali Union in Morrelganj Upazila of Bagerhat District. The Dumuria Sharbajaneen temple under Ramachandrapur Union too was set on fire. Two Hindu houses, one belonging to a local Awami League leader, were set on fire in Banogram Union. On 3 April, Miscreants torched a Hindu temple after vandalism of its three idols of god and goddess in the same place again. In Satkhira, Jamaat and Shibir activists attacked Hindu houses and business establishments.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Khulna Division
In Kadamtala, City College More and Abader Hat areas of Satkhira municipality more than hundred Hindu residences and business establishments were looted and destroyed. The District Magistrate of Satkhira District promulgated Section 144 in Satkhira and certain areas of Assasuni Upazila. On 5 March, Jamaat-Shibir and BNP activists set eight Hindu houses on fire in Khulna. On 12 March around midnight, miscreants vandalised 23 idols of Shiva at a temple at the Angita cremation ground in Kaliganj Upazila of Jhenaidah District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Khulna Division
On 18 March, more than 150 armed assailants attacked and vandalised the Pabla Sarbajanin Kalibari Temple in Khulna city's Banikpara around 9:30 pm. After blasting incendiaries, they ransacked the houses and shops of Hindus in the area.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Rangpur Division
On 28 February, activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir attacked a Hindu temple and destroyed Hindu-owned business establishments in Gaibandha District. In the evening, they vandalised some houses in the Shobhaganj Union. The Hindu community leaders complained that the attackers had vandalised the central Kali temple at Mithapukur Upazila in Rangpur District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Rangpur Division
Shortly after the midnight of 2 March, around 30–40 miscreants, shouting abuses and threatening the Hindus, attacked their homes at Uttar Maheshpur village in Raniganj area of Dinajpur Sadar Upazila of Dinajpur District. They set fire to the homes and haystacks of 12 Hindu peasant families, as they barely managed to escape alive. At around 1 a.m. two fire brigade units from Dinajpur arrived and doused the fire. By that time, the homes were completely reduced to ashes. Jamat-Shibir activists also blocked the Joypurhat-Bogra highway for three hours.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Rangpur Division
On 5 March, the Sree Sree Shoshan Kali Mandir at Rotherpar village in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat District was vandalised. On 7 March, fanatics set fire to an Hindu temple after destroying goddess Kali idol at Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat. Sree Sree Kali Mandir at Bejgram village was also burnt down at night.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Rangpur Division
On 8 March, a Radha Gobinda temple is burnt down in Rangpur city.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Barisal Division
In Barisal District, a Hindu temple was set on fire in Nalchira Union of Gaurnadi Upazila. The Pinglakathi Sarbajaneen Durga Mandir was vandalised. On 5 March, miscreants tried to set fire to the Guthia Sarbajaneen Kali Mandir under Guthia union in Wazirpur Upazila. On the early hours of 6 March, a Kali temple was vandalised in Pakshia Union under Burhanuddin Upazila in Bhola District. The images of Kali and Mahadev were destroyed. In the evening at around 7:30 pm, a Radha Krishna temple was set on fire in Batajor Village under Bamna Upazila in Barguna District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Barisal Division
On 12 March at around 2:45 am, two Hindu houses on New Vatikhana Road in Barisal were set ablaze by unknown criminals. Locals doused the flames before spreading. In the early hours, burglars broke open a Radha Govinda temple in Kuripaika village of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila in Patuakhali District and stole the Madanmohan idol and 2.5 bharis of gold. On 4 April, Islamic fanatics torched down a Hindu temple at Kathalia Upazila under Jhalokati District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Rajshahi Division
On 7 March, an idol of the Hindu Goddess Kali was destroyed and a Hindu temple was set on fire at Hatibandha Upazila of Lalmonirhat. Early in the morning on 3 March at around 3 am, unidentified miscreants set fire to the Sarbajanin Puja Sangha Mandir in the Natun Alidanga Bara Pekurtala locality of Shibganj municipality under Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj District. A portion of the temple was gutted in the fire. After the incident, the local Hindus were living in fear. On the night of 12 March, miscreants broke into a Hari temple in Pakuria village under Singra Upazila of Natore District and destroyed the idol. On 19 March, Miscreants desecrated idols in four Hindu temples of Gabtali Upazila in Bogra District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 3 March, in Lohajang Upazila of Munshiganj District a Kali Temple was set on fire by fanatics. On the same day, in Kotalipara Upazila of Gopalganj District, a Hindu temple is burnt down. Six people including a Jamaat leader were arrested on charges of torching this temple. Early in the morning on 6 March, Ananda Ashram Mandir of Fulbaria village under the Ballabhdi Union in Faridpur District was set on fire. On 8 March, Islamist extremists vandalised a Kali Temple at Sashangaon village under Sirajdikhan Upazila in Munshiganj District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 11 March, a temple at Fulbaria Upazila in Mymensingh District was vandalised. Six idols were destroyed at Kafilabari Durga temple in Kotalipara Upazila of Gopalganj at the same night. On the night of 15 March, unidentified miscreants vandalised the image of Saraswati in a 77-year-old Hindu temple in Madhabpur area of Sherpur municipality in Sherpur District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 18 March, seven idols in Harimandir in Netrokona Sadar upazila's Bobahala have been desecrated by smashing them to pieces. On the same day in Gazipur District, the attackers damaged six idols in a Hindu temple at Dakhkhin Marta of Sreepur. On 22 March, unidentified miscreants set fire to a Lakshmi temple at Gazipur Sadar Upazila in Gazipur District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 2 April, religious fanatics set the largest Hindu temple at Bhuiyanpur upazila in Tangail District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 5 April, unidentified miscreants vandalised the Kali Mandir, Panchmandir and Shiv Mandir in Mirzapur of Tangail District. On the same day a Hindu temple was vandalised at Rajoir under Madaripur District during the clash of two political parties. On 19 April, Unidentified miscreants torched a Hindu temple at Mahendri village in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 8 April, religious fanatics vandalised a Hindu temple in Jamalpur District. On the same day religious fanatics vandalised a Hindu temple at Fulbaria under Mymensingh District.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Dhaka Division
On 29 May, senior artist cum audio-visual officer of the National Museum of Science and Technology, Shyamal Bashak was assaulted by Islamic fundamentalist co-workers in attempt to purge prominent Hindus from the National Science Museum.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Attacks, Sylhet Division
On 12 March, miscreants set fire around a temple at Juri Upazila in Maulvi Bazar District. But the people living around the temple quickly took the fire under control.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Domestic
The leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad held a human chain at the National Press Club in Dhaka and Chittagong on 2 March in protest of the atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh. At the meeting, the Hindu leaders expressed deep concerns in the recent developments and stated that the Jamaat-e-Islami had once again engaged in extermination of the minorities from Bangladesh as it did in 1971.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Domestic
On 3 March, the Bangladesh High Court directed the Government to ensure security of the Hindus in Noakhali District and repair the temples and houses of the Hindus destroyed in the attacks. It also issued suo moto notice to the Noakhali District police, the district administration and the Inspector General of Police to take action against the persons involved in the attacks.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Domestic
Khaleda Zia, the chairperson of opposition party BNP, also expressed her concern about communal attack on Hindus.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Domestic
On 6 March, Hindus across the country protested against the violence.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
In India, activists of Gairik Bharat burned an effigy of Sheikh Hasina in Silchar, in protest against her failure to protect the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal unit demands the central government to create pressure on Bangladesh government to protect the Hindus from Islamic extremism. In Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanded that an all-party delegation be sent to Bangladesh to assess the "atrocities on Hindus" by Jamaat-e-Islami. On the other hand, Muslim radicals of West Bengal stand for Delwar Hossain Sayeedi and Jamaat-e-Islami with conviction. Expressing serious concern on the continued attacks on the Hindus in Bangladesh the South Assam Bengali Hindu Association demanded the intervention of the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in stopping the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
The British High Commissioner in Dhaka, Mr.  Robert Gibson expressed his deep concern and resentment upon the attack upon the religious places and the recent attacks in a press conference on Sunday 3 March held in Dhaka.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
On 4 March, the United States Department of State expressed concerns over the attacks on Hindu temples and homes in Bangladesh. Dan Mozena US Ambassador to Bangladesh express concern about attack of Jamaat on Bengali Hindu community.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
The Amnesty International has called upon the Bangladesh government for giving better protection to the minority Hindus in the country. In a 6 March report, titled 'Bangladesh: Wave of Violent Attacks Against Hindu Minority', the Amnesty said as many as 40 Hindu temples were vandalised in attacks by supporters of an Islamic party. Several hundred were rendered homeless as shops and houses belonging to the Hindu community were burnt down over the past week, it said. The report gave Bangladesh's war crimes trial as the "context" to the violence against the Hindus.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
At the House of Lords  in the British Parliament, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi  condemned the attacks on minorities and their places of worship in Bangladesh. She stated that 24 places of worship, 112 homes and about a dozen business establishment belonging to the minority Hindus came under attack. According to Lord Avebury , the recent attacks are recurrence of the 2001 attack on the Hindus.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence, Reactions, Foreign
Although, there was local reporting of the anti-Hindu atrocities, there was little to no exposure from international media, but images from the attacks continued to be spread on social media.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement
The 2013 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement was a movement against incumbent government policies regarding jobs in the government sector in the country. The movement began in the same location that saw the 2013 Shahbag protests in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Although initially confined to the locality of Shahbag and Dhaka University campus, it eventually spread to other parts of Bangladesh. It attained popularity as students of different universities in various parts of the country brought out processions of their own while demonstrating in solidarity with the main protest movement and pressing forward with similar demands.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Causes and demands
Under the current BCS examinations system, 30 per cent of the seats are reserved for children of freedom fighters and 10 per cent for women. A further 10 per cent is reserved for districts, 5 per cent for national minorities and 1 per cent for people with disabilities. As a result, only 44 percent of the examinees are able to secure positions on the basis of merit, causing discontent among a large section of general students who say that they are deprived despite scoring higher than candidates who fall under any quota.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Causes and demands
Protesters formed a 10-member committee known as ‘Medhamullayon Mancha’ and said Abdur Rahim, student of University of Dhaka would act as convener of the committee. They have called for the re-evaluation of results of the 34th BCS preliminary examination and the cancellation of quota system in all public examinations.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 10 July
On Wednesday, 10 July 2013, hundreds of Bangladesh Civil Service examinees began protests demanding an immediate cancellation of all sorts of quota in public service recruitment. Several hundred job-seekers who did not pass the 34th BCS preliminary exam had gathered in the Shahbagh crossing, blocking the roads passing through, till 10:00 pm for more than 10 hours demanding the re-evaluation of answer scripts claiming that they had not been selected even after doing good in the exam and the cancellation of the quota system. The Bangladesh Public Service Commission later in the evening said that it would review the preliminary test results.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 11 July
On Thursday, 11 July 2013, the students, who gathered at Shahbagh intersection for the 2nd day demanding cancellation of the quota system in recruitment to government jobs, were forced to leave the place as police charged baton and lobbed teargas shells on them. In a short time, the clashes spread throughout the Dhaka University campus area. Protesters alleged that ruling party Chhatra League activists joined the police in attacking protesters on the Dhaka University campus and beat them up with lethal weapons, sticks and iron rods. The demonstrators vandalised several vehicles, including two cars of private TV channels, DU registrar building, proctor office and sociology department.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 11 July
News reports gave information of about 15 persons arrested while more than 55 students were injured in the clashes.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 12 July
Police and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), foiled attempts by protesters to hold prescheduled processions by BCS job seekers on the campuses of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Dhaka University  on Friday.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 12 July
Two cases were filed against 1,700 unidentified government job seekers in connection with the violence on the 11th of July in the city's Shahbagh area. Officer-in-charge of Shahbagh Police Station Sirajul Islam said that police had filed both the cases — one against 500 people and another against 1,200 — under the Bangladesh Penal Code Act with the police station. Besides, security official of Dhaka University, SM Quamrul Ahsan, also filed a case at Shahbagh police station against 500 students accusing them of vandalism on the campus on Monday night, bringing the total number of accused to 2,200 job seekers.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 12 July
Police detained 34 people in connection with the violence at Dhaka University on Friday.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 13 July
Resuming the ongoing agitation over job reservations, a group of students held a demonstration in front of Dhaka University Central Library, demanding revocation of the quota system. Witnesses said leaders of the DU chapter of the Chhatra League disbanded the protesters when they tried to stage a rally on the campus. Soon after the first group dispersed, another group took out a procession holding the banner "Amra Muktijoddhar Shontan". Meanwhile, over 1,000 students of Rajshahi University (RU) demonstrating against the quota provision in public service recruitment blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway since Saturday morning. They started the protest in front of the university's main gate around 11:00am, halting traffic movement on the highway.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 13 July
The protesters in a press release announced to observe strike in all educational institutions across the country on Sunday to press home their demands, including cancellation of quota system in all government jobs, withdrawal of lawsuits, unconditional release of detained and arrested persons and justice for the Chhatra League attack on peaceful protesters upon probe.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Timeline of protests, 14 July
Anti Quota protests continued at Dhaka University (DU), Chittagong University(CU), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and Rajshahi University(RU). Thousands of students participated in the demonstrations and classes and exams were reportedly suspended at CU and SUST.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Spread of protests nationwide
From 11 June onwards, the protests spread to other parts of the country as students of Jahangirnagar University, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology at Sylhet, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) (Mymensingh), Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Islamic University, Kushtia decided to express solidarity with Dhaka University-based protesters. Students of public universities outside Dhaka took to the streets and formed human chains. They also chanted slogans, blocked highways and held placards and festoons to press home their demands.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 11 July
The protests have sparked a lot of debate on various social media platforms.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 11 July
The prime minister's public administration adviser HT Imam, on speaking with the media said,‘The government has no plans to reform the existing quota system in the civil service exams.'


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 11 July
Dhaka University Proctor Amzad Ali flanked by ruling party Chhatra League men, said, “When they began demonstration yesterday (Wednesday), we were sympathetic to their demand, but today (Thursday) what they are doing indicates that some other forces, maybe from Jamaat-Shibir, have infiltrated them and doing the damage working from inside. These kind of activities are quite unacceptable.”


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 12 July
Condemning the violence on general students and expressing support with the demands of the anti-quota demonstrators, opposition party BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said in a statement. “The government has become so desperate that it does not hesitate to let loose police and Jubo League and Chhatra League cadres to attack students instead of taking their justified demand into consideration,”


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 12 July
An organization called 'Amra Muktijoddhar Sontan' on Friday took stance against the anti-quota protests when it claimed that the anti quota movement was being influenced by Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chatra Shibir. “We have taken to the streets to voice our demand for fulfilling quotas in all cadre posts of special BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service). We will not go back until our demands are satisfied,” added the organization's president Humayun Kabir.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 13 July
Acting Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary Rafiqul Islam Khan, while expressing support for the protests said, "The number of meritorious educated unemployed are rising in the country due to the quota system being effective and acute frustration is forming among the meritorious students and youths. Accepting the demand of the protesting students and youths, this problem should be solved swiftly. But attacking them by police and party cadres without considering their rational demands is very sad and painful. We think quota system needs to be annulled to create skilled and competent administrative leadership."


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 13 July
The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Saturday said the reviewed results of the 34th BCS preliminary test would be published on Sunday. The Commission decided to reverse the decision to apply the quota policy at the 34th BCS preliminary result. However, the quota would still be applied in the later stages.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 14 July
The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Sunday came up with a reviewed list of 46,250 successful candidates, the highest so far. “These 46,250 candidates include the 12,033 whom we announced as successful in our previous list (earlier published on Tuesday, 9th of July),” said PSC Exam Controller (cadre) AYM Nesar Uddin.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 18 July
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that her government will make sure that those who were engaged in vandalism demanding cancellation of quota system in public service recruitment will not get any government jobs in future.


2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Reactions, 18 July
“We’ve the pictures, we’ll place them before the PSC before the viva-voce examinations so that these notorious elements can’t get government jobs,” she said in her introductory speech at the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meeting at her official residence Ganobhaban.


2013 Bangladesh violence
2013 Bangladesh violence refers to the political instability, increase in crime and widespread attacks of minorities and opposition activists.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict, Verdict on Delwar Hossain Sayidee
On 28 February 2013, Thursday, the ICT, found Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi guilty of 8 out of 20 charges leveled against him including murder, rape and torture during the 1971 war of independence


2013 Bangladesh violence, Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict, Clashes
On Sunday and Monday, 3 and 4 March, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami enforced a 48-hour hartal. Protests led by Jamaate Islami activists and Sayeedi supporters were carried out during these strikes. Bangladesh Nationalist Party supported the strike and called for another daylong strike on 5 March. Police shot dead 31 protestors during the initial clashes. According to Human Rights Watch, members of the Border Guards Bangladesh, and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) shot live ammunition and rubber bullets into unarmed crowds, which included children, conducted sweeping arrests and used other forms of excessive force during and after protests. One eyewitness recalling the death of his 17-year-old family member described how he was shot after walking back from afternoon prayers:


2013 Bangladesh violence, Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict, Clashes
I saw [him] on the ground with blood coming from his head. I tried to drag his body to the side. It was the first time I had seen a dead body so I was in shock. They were still shooting, so I ran down the road. … When the RAB officers stopped shooting they dragged [him] like a carcass and flung him into the car.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict, Clashes
During the clashes a total of 80 individuals were shot dead by police. Police says that it did all these killings in "self defense."


2013 Bangladesh violence, Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict, Lawsuits
Police sued 98,000 people for committing violence and imposed Section 144 in several districts.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Anti-Hindu Riot
After the verdict of Delwar Hossain Sayidee, attacks on Hindu community occurred in several districts of Bangladesh including Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Chittagong, Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Cox's Bazar, Bagerhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Lalmonirhat, Barisal, Bhola, Barguna, Satkhira, Chapainawabganj, Natore, Sylhet, Manikganj, Munshiganj. Several temples were vandalized. 2 Hindus died due to injuries in the violence. In a BBC News report, Anbarasan Ethirajan wrote that "the recent violence is mainly blamed on the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, whose leaders are facing war crimes at the tribunal. But the party - which opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan - denies the charges." Amnesty International expressed concern on the anti-Hindu attacks and urged the government of Bangladesh to provide them with better protection. Abbas Faiz, Bangladesh Researcher of Amnesty International has said that, since the obvious risks the Hindu minority face in Bangladesh, these attacks were predictable.


2013 Bangladesh violence, 2013 Shapla Square protests
On 5 May, mass protests took place at Shapla Square in the Motijheel area of capital Dhaka. The protests were organized by the Islamist pressure group, Hefazat-e Islam, who were demanding the enactment of a blasphemy law. The government responded to the protests by cracking down on the protesters using a combined force drawn from the police, Rapid Action Battalion and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh to drive the protesters out of Shapla Square.


2013 Bangladesh violence, 2013 Shapla Square protests
Following the events at Motijheel, protests in other parts of the country also broke out, during which 27 people died, although different sources report casualty numbers ranging from 20 to 61. The opposition party BNP initially claimed thousands of Hefazat activists were killed during the operation, but this was disputed by the government. Human Rights Watch and other human rights organizations put the total death toll at above 50, but rights groups have termed the events as a massacre. Initial attempts to dispute the chain of events were thwarted due to the government closure of two television channels, Diganta Television and Islamic TV, which were live telecasting the operation.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh
From 2013, attacks number of secularist writers, bloggers, and publishers and members of religious minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Shias were killed or seriously injured in attacks that are believed to have been perpetrated by Islamist extremists. These attacks have been largely blamed by extremist groups such as Ansarullah Bangla Team and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.


2013 Bangladesh violence, 2013–2014 Satkhira clashes
A joint operation by Border Guards Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion and Bangladesh police took place in different places of Satkhira district to hunt down the activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. They began on 16 December 2013 and continued after the 2014 Bangladesh election. There are allegations that various formations of the Indian military participated in the crackdown, an allegation that Bangladesh government denies.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Reactions, Domestic
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has strongly condemned the action of law enforcement forces. The chairperson of BNP, Khaleda Zia, has termed the spate of deaths across the country as "genocide" and accused the government of oppressing the opposition parties. The BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blamed the government for the ongoing hate attacks on the minorities (i.e. Hindu community) across Bangladesh. On the other hand, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni condemned reports of Jamaat-e-Islami activists attacking minority Hindus and their temples in different parts of the country. She said, "It is unfortunate and deplorable. The (Bangladesh) government will not tolerate any attempt to destabilize the country, or allow any breach of communal harmony."


2013 Bangladesh violence, Reactions, International
Several international organizations have expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh as an aftermath of the verdict. Human Rights Watch urged restraint on all sides.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Reactions, International
Recognizing the right of the people to protest, the United Nations deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said, "The Secretary-General [of the U.N.] recognizes the right of people to protest, and it's the responsibility of both the authorities and the people protesting to assure this is done in a very peaceful manner."


2013 Bangladesh violence, Reactions, International
The United Kingdom has expressed sadness over the violence and the number of senseless and unnecessary deaths that have taken place across Bangladesh during the past few days. The British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Robert Gibson, said, "I deplore the cruel and unwarranted attacks on places of worship and private property." He added, "This great achievement risks being undermined by the callous and unacceptable actions of a few. While every citizen has the right to mount a peaceful protest, intimidation and imposition of strikes disrupts the lives of all citizens and hampers the operation of legitimate business.


2013 Bangladesh violence, Reactions, International
This is sending a negative signal to the international community and those wishing to invest in Bangladesh." Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird also expressed Canada's concern for Bangladesh. The United States has also expressed their concern over the attacks on homes, temples and shops owned by Hindu community in Bangladesh and called government to ensure safety of its citizens.


2013 Bangladeshi presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 22 April 2013 following the death of Zillur Rahman on 20 March 2013.


2013 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
President Zillur Rahman died on 20 March in Singapore after being flown there with an illness. Parliamentary speaker Abdul Hamid took over in an interim capacity.


2013 Bangladeshi presidential election, Background
At that time, Social protests had turned deadly in Bangladesh as a result of delayed prosecutions and convictions for war crimes committed during the Bangladesh War of Independence. The 2014 general election was also going to be on the new president's agenda. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies said they would boycott the election if it was not held under a neutral interim government. However, the ruling Awami League's leader Sheikh Hasina said her government would preside over the electoral process.


2013 Bangladeshi presidential election, Election
Hamid won the election unopposed through a parliamentary vote. S.M. Asaduzzman, a director of the election commission, said: "Abdul Hamid has won the election uncontested. The chief election commissioner declared him as the winner today."


2013 Bani Yas International Tournament
The Bani Yas International Tournament is a yearly football tournament that takes place in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates that began in 2010.


2013 Banja Luka Challenger
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2013 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2013 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 7 to 15 September 2013.


2013 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Marin Draganja and Nikola Mektić won the title, beating Dominik Meffert and Oleksandr Nedovyesov 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]


2013 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Aljaž Bedene took the title, beating Diego Schwartzman 6–3, 6–4


2013 Bank of America 500
The 2013 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 12, 2013, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Brad Keselowski won the race, his first of the season, while Kasey Kahne finished second and Matt Kenseth finished third. This was the first time since October 2011 that a Chase race was "spoiled" by a non-Chase driver.


2013 Bank of America 500, Race summary
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. helped to enhance fuel injection research for NASCAR as he was leading lap 34 out of 334. His contribution to the fledgling technology came in the form of driving the one-millionth mile with an electronic fuel injection system.


2013 Bank of the West Classic
The 2013 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the tournament, which was part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, California, United States between 22 and 28 July 2013. It was the first event on the 2013 US Open Series.


2013 Bank of the West Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 Bank of the West Classic, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2013 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Marina Erakovic and Heather Watson were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears won the title, defeating Julia Görges and Darija Jurak in the final, 6-2, 7–6(7–4).


2013 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but she decided not to participate this year.


2013 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Dominika Cibulková won the title, defeating Agnieszka Radwańska in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4.


2013 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2013 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top six seeds received a bye into the second round.


2013 Barbadian general election
General elections were held in Barbados on 21 February 2013. They were the first post-independence elections where the election date was announced five years after the last general election. The ruling Democratic Labour Party was re-elected with a reduced majority, winning 16 of the 30 seats in the House of Assembly.


2013 Barbadian general election, Background
According to the Constitution of Barbados, elections must take place no longer than every five years from the first sitting of Parliament. The last general election was held on 15 January 2008, while the first sitting of the current session of Parliament was held on 12 February 2008. After the dissolution of Parliament, the Governor-General of Barbados, on behalf of the Crown in Right of Barbados, must issue a writ for a general election for members to the House of Assembly and for appointment of Senators to the Senate within 90 days.


2013 Barbadian general election, Background
The election and nomination dates were announced by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart on 29 January 2013. The nomination deadline for candidates to register was scheduled for 6 February 2013.


2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell
The 2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 61st edition of the event and it was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from 20 April through 28 April 2013. Rafael Nadal  won his record 8th title at the tournament.


2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but lost to David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals. Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares won the tournament, defeating Robert Lindstedt and Daniel Nestor in the final, 5–7, 7–6(9–7), [10–4].


2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Singles
Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Nicolás Almagro in the final, 6–4, 6–3. It was his record-extending eighth Barcelona Open title.


2013 Baringo local elections
Local elections were held in Baringo County on 4 March 2013 to elect a Governor and County Assembly. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general elections were the first in which Governors and members of the County Assemblies for the newly created counties were elected.


2013 Baringo local elections, Prospective candidates
The following are some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run:


2013 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
The 2013 Barum Czech Rally Zlín, formally the 43. Barum Czech Rally Zlín, was the eighth round of the 2013 European Rally Championship season.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2013 took place according to rules most recently revised in July 2010. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 9, 2013.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The Pre-Integration Era Committee, the last of three new voting committees established during the July 2010 rules change to replace the more broadly defined Veterans Committee, convened early in December 2012 to select from a ballot of players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport prior to 1947, called the "Pre-Integration Era" by the Hall of Fame.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
For the first time since 1996, and just the third time since 1960, the BBWAA election resulted in no selections. As the ballot featured numerous strong candidates, the result was widely viewed as a reflection of the deep controversy over players who were primarily active during a period when the sport was riddled with rumored use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), and candidates appeared to have suffered in the voting regardless of whether they had been closely tied to any such rumors. The controversy's first major impact on the Hall of Fame ballot was seen in 2007, and the arrival in future years of additional candidates with either alleged or actual links to PED use suggested that the issue would be significant in Hall voting for at least several more years.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
For the first time since 1965, there were no living inductees. The induction class of 2013 consisted of the three deceased individuals elected by the new Pre-Integration Era Committee: player Deacon White, umpire Hank O'Day, and executive Jacob Ruppert, all of whom died in the 1930s. As was the case following the 1965 election–which also resulted only in the induction of a member deceased for over 60 years, and led to the resumption of annual BBWAA elections–the voting results led to calls for revision of the voting rules.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The induction ceremonies were held on July 28, 2013, at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. On July 27, the Hall of Fame presented two annual awards for media excellence—its own Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters and the BBWAA's J. G. Taylor Spink Award for writers, and also honored sports medicine pioneer Dr. Frank Jobe and filmmaker Thomas Tull, producer of the 2013 film 42.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA ballot was announced on November 28, 2012. The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1993 or later, but not after 2007; the ballot included candidates from the 2012 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 2007. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote, and had until December 31, 2012, to return their ballots to the Hall.


2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
There were 37 candidates on the ballot, 13 who last played from 1993 to 2006 and received at least 5% support in the 2012 election plus 24 first-time candidates (). Voters were instructed to support as many as ten candidates; write-in votes were not permitted.