Avijit Roy
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.
18 August 2015, 06:08 AM
Opinion: Is this rule of law?
Human rights leaders are blaming the long pervasive culture of impunity as one of the major reasons for the gruesome killings of children and bloggers.
10 August 2015, 09:00 AM
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.
10 August 2015, 08:43 AM
Failure to stop bloggers' killers frustrates people
With the fifth murder of a blogger spreading a wave of frustration among the general public, The Daily Star talked to people on the Dhaka University campus today to know what they were thinking about the situation.
8 August 2015, 12:30 PM
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.
8 August 2015, 09:40 AM
Yet another blogger killed
Yet another online activist is stabbed to death by unknown assailants at his East Goran residence in Dhaka.
7 August 2015, 08:56 AM
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
3 June 2015, 15:47 PM
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.
2 June 2015, 17:13 PM
Bloggers die young (video)
It is hard to believe that a group of writers are in mortal danger in the country now just for expressing their opinions. But that’s the truth.
20 May 2015, 10:31 AM
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.
13 May 2015, 17:26 PM
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.
13 May 2015, 05:39 AM
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.
13 May 2015, 03:47 AM
Avijit's wife Bonya speaks up (video)
Rafida Ahmed Bonya, widow of slain Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, gives first ever video interview to an American group the gory attack, role of the government and rise of extremist elements in Bangladesh.
12 May 2015, 07:31 AM
Al Qaeda spectre
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the death of four Bangladeshi bloggers, including US-based Bangladeshi writer Avijit Roy.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Al-Qaeda branch claims murder of blogger Avijit Roy
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
3 May 2015, 11:43 AM
BANGLADESH
ANOTHER blogger" is the phrase most English news media worldwide used in their headlines of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu's
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Militants giving bomb recipes on blog!
Militants take their activities to a whole new level in Bangladesh, distributing bomb making manuals online and spreading their propaganda to millions worldwide.
4 April 2015, 12:17 PM
We condemn the killing
WE are shocked and appalled by yet another murder of a blogger, Oyasiqur Rahman, in broad daylight, barely a month after the savage murder of blogger and activist Avijit Roy.
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
France condemns blogger Oyasiqur killing
France condemns the killing of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, who was brutally hacked by cleaver-wielding youths under broad daylight in Dhaka.
31 March 2015, 06:41 AM
Knife attack kills Bangladesh blogger Oyasiqur Rahman
Barely a month after the brutal murder of Avijit Roy, another blogger and online activist was hacked to death in broad daylight yesterday. Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, 27, was attacked by three cleaver-wielding youths in the capital's Tejgaon Industrial area around 9:00am.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM