attacks on bloggers
Amnesty urges action to stop attacks on secular activists
Amnesty International today urges the Bangladesh authorities to ensure protection of activists and writers who are under threat.
US hopes for breakthrough in Avijit murder probe
The United States envoy hopes to see a ‘breakthrough’ in the ongoing investigation into the murder case of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy saying the ‘real culprits’ will hopefully be netted.
Blogger Rajib murder verdict Thursday
A tribunal in Dhaka sets Thursday to deliver verdict in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case. The chief of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team and seven former students of a private university are the accused in the case.
Refusing to succumb to fear
The question we must be asking ourselves now is what this new fear means for our literary and intellectual culture in the bigger picture. It means the demise of whatever we have achieved in the past four and a half decades since our independence.
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.
DB to probe attacks on publishers
Detective Branch of police are asked to investigate the recent attacks on publishers and bloggers that killed one and injured three others.
Amnesty urges action to stop attacks on secular activists
Amnesty International today urges the Bangladesh authorities to ensure protection of activists and writers who are under threat.
US hopes for breakthrough in Avijit murder probe
The United States envoy hopes to see a ‘breakthrough’ in the ongoing investigation into the murder case of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy saying the ‘real culprits’ will hopefully be netted.
Blogger Rajib murder verdict Thursday
A tribunal in Dhaka sets Thursday to deliver verdict in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case. The chief of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team and seven former students of a private university are the accused in the case.
Refusing to succumb to fear
The question we must be asking ourselves now is what this new fear means for our literary and intellectual culture in the bigger picture. It means the demise of whatever we have achieved in the past four and a half decades since our independence.
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.
DB to probe attacks on publishers
Detective Branch of police are asked to investigate the recent attacks on publishers and bloggers that killed one and injured three others.