Ananta Bijoy Das
Gonojagoron Mancha rejects verdict, calls for protest
The Gonojagoron Mancha rejects the verdict handed for February 2013 murder of blogger Rajib Haider and called for protests.
Neither 'isolated' nor tolerable
The politics of manipulating the religion card and the denial of responsibility of the state to ensure citizens' basic rights have put the country in a situation, from where there is no immediate return.
Blogger Ananta murder: Accused remanded again
Sylhet court places accused in the blogger Ananta Bijoy murder case on a seven-day remand.
2 shown arrested in blogger Ananta killing case
Two members of Ansarullah Bangla Team including a Bangladesh-born UK citizen are shown arrested in blogger Ananta Bijoy Das killing case.
Blogger Ananta murder: Accused admits involvement
Mannan Rahi, an accused of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das murder, gives a confessional statement before a Sylhet court.
Witness identifies blogger Niloy’s killer, cops say
A witness identifies one of the four suspects held in connection with blogger Niloy murder, confirming that he took part in the August 7 grisly killing at Goran neighbourhood in Dhaka, cops say.
2 Ananta murder suspects on 7-day remand
A Sylhet court places two people on a seven-day remand in connection with the killing of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.
Blogger killings: 'Mastermind' held in Dhaka
Law enforcers claim to have arrested three militants of Ansarullah Bangla Team from Dhaka including the mastermind of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy killings.
DB takes over Niloy murder probe
DB takes over charge of blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy’s murder probe from police, three days after the killing.
Opinion: Niloy murder shows the hole again
The government’s image as a secular, progressive and anti-militant political force has been greatly damaged by such killings and the government should look at itself in the mirror to see if this is the image it is happy with.
Taslima Nasreen flees to US after death threats
Award winning Bangladeshi writer and human rights activist Taslima Nasreen flees from India to the US after she was named as an al-Qaeda murder target
Taslima Nasreen relocated to US amid death threats from Islamic extremists
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen moved to United States by the Center for Inquiry (CFI), New York-based advocacy group, which says that she received death threats, reports The Huffington Post.
Zafar Iqbal's tribute to Ananta
Eminent writer Professor Zafar Iqbal writes a note as a tribute to murdered blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.
UN experts condemn recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh
Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.
Profile of slain bloggers Ananta, Avijit, Oyasiqur, Rajib
The four bloggers, Ananta, Avijit, Oyasiqur and Rajib who were hacked to death in Bangladesh since 2013 are profiled here by The BBC and The Daily Star.
Case filed over Ananta murder
Case filed accusing four anonymous assailants over brutal killing of writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy. No one arrested until now.
Killing of blogger Ananta blow to free speech: HRW
The killing of secular blogger Ananta Bijoy Das is part of an alarming trend of violent intolerance toward freedom of religion and speech in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch says.
Another Blogger Murdered
ANOTHER gruesome assassination of blogger and an organiser of local Gonojagoron Mancha, Ananta Bijoy Das in Sylhet illustrates that the systematic killing of free thinkers is still on the extremist agenda.
The system redux
THEY had pink in common. The girl in my office and the girl in the newspaper picture both were wearing pink.