A key accused in the case on the sensational killings of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend in 2016 confesses to the crime to a magistrate in Dhaka.
Counterterrorism police have arrested an alleged operative of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team for “directly taking part” in the murders of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend in 2016.
A year has passed since the murder of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend, but police could neither complete the investigation nor arrest any of the five killers.
The Embassy of France is deeply shocked and saddened by the three recent murders in Bangladesh, it says in a press release.
US President Barack Obama writes to the family of slain LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and extends his condolences.
A Dhaka Court today grants a five-day remand for an operative of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in connection with the killing of USAID staff Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Tonoy.
Law enforcers have identified three alleged killers including the mastermind in connection with the murder of LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal says that she has had a “productive” Bangladesh trip taking forward bilateral cooperation on countering terrorism and extremism.
A Dhaka court allows Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police to conduct tests of 10 evidence in connection with the murder of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area.
Posing as courier service staff, miscreants enter the house of an editor of the country’s first LGBT magazine and stab him dead along with his friend at his flat in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area. Cops suspect involvement of militant groups in the killing.
