Avijit Roy
The grammar of investigation
THE Law Commission Chairman Justice A.B.M. Khairul Haque found himself in the limelight when at a discussion he said: “He (the police chief) should have resigned that very day (when Avijit was murdered)…..We don't have this culture in our country.”
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Police chief should have resigned after Avijit killing: Justice Khairul Haque
Former chief justice, currently Law Commission Chairman, Justice ABM Khairul Haque says the police chief should have resigned following the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy
16 March 2015, 13:07 PM
When will it all end?
ANY direction you cast your gaze you encounter violence in myriad forms; situated in racial, religious, ethnic, or class conflict zones.
15 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Avijit killing: Farabi on 5-day remand
Shafiur Rahman Farabi, the prime suspect in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has been placed on a five-day remand in a case filed under ICT Act
14 March 2015, 10:04 AM
Indulgence towards bigots
RELIGIOUS extremists are using the internet to spread their fanatical propaganda throughout the world and Bangladesh is no exception.
12 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Widow of blogger Avijit Roy defiant after Bangladesh attack
Widow of a blogger who was hacked to death in Bangladesh says she will continue to speak out on the causes of secularism and science
11 March 2015, 09:29 AM
Police did not act, says Avijit’s wife
Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of murdered blogger-writer Avijit Roy, says she did not get proper cooperation from law enforcers when they came under attack on February 26.
10 March 2015, 14:18 PM
Get DNA test done by FBI, court tells Avijit murder investigators
A Dhaka court today ordered the Detective Branch (DB) of police to get a DNA test of the Avijit Roy murder evidence done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
10 March 2015, 11:19 AM
Detectives raid Farabi’s Sylhet house
DB conducts a drive in the Sylhet residence of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy killing.
8 March 2015, 13:17 PM
Avijit murder: Tackling intolerance
THE horrific murder of Avijit Roy, an activist writer, in full public view, has shocked all but the bigoted fringe elements of our society.
6 March 2015, 18:00 PM
FBI team visits Avijit murder scene at DU
A four-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and detectives are inspecting the crime scene at Dhaka University where writer-blogger Avijit Roy was killed on February 26.
6 March 2015, 09:08 AM
Sleepwalking to cliff edge?
THE US government has taken two exemplary steps in the wake of the brutal killing of Avijit Roy of Mokto Mona fame when he was returning with his spouse from Ekushey Boi Mela on Thursday last. First, it has flown out of a Dhaka hospital his critically injured wife Bonya Ahmad, taking her under the wings of a US hospital. Secondly, the US authorities are sending an FBI team to investigate Avijit's murder.
5 March 2015, 18:00 PM
FBI team in Dhaka
A four-member team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrived in Dhaka to help in investigation into the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.
5 March 2015, 11:01 AM
Protesting Avijit murder
THE explanation offered by a senior police officer in disallowing rally of leaders of progressive student alliance to protest Avijit murder in Rajshahi University is unacceptable. They were told that only Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL) is allowed to take out processions on campus to protest the killing of secular writer Avijit Roy.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM
We cannot succumb to the extremists
THE brutal killing of Avijit brings into sharp relief the question posited in the heading of this article. He is the latest in a long list of victims who had to forfeit his life to an extremist group who found his views to be in discord with theirs. And the killers claim to belong to a faith that considers killing of even one innocent person as killing of entire humanity.
4 March 2015, 18:00 PM
FBI likely to be in Dhaka this week: police
Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to come to Dhaka later this week to help with the investigations of murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, according to police
3 March 2015, 09:34 AM
Investigating Avijit murder
WITHIN less than a week of Avijit Roy's murder, we reiterate our call for a focused investigation such that Avjit's killers and purported masterminds of the extremist outfit Ansar Bangla 7, which claimed responsibility for the attack, can be brought to justice without delay. If we cannot ensure justice against the dark forces, our values of freedom, tolerance and secularism will suffer a major blow.
2 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Farabi admits of threats to kill Avijit: Rab
Farabi Shafiur Rahman, the prime suspect in the sensational murder case of writer-blogger Avijit Roy, has admitted making online postings threatening to kill Avijit, according to Rab
2 March 2015, 06:51 AM
Dhaka to engage FBI in Avijit murder probe
Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.
1 March 2015, 15:59 PM
Avijit’s body handed over to DMC for research
Body of slain writer and blogger Avijit Roy has been handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research after people pay last tributes to him at Dhaka University
1 March 2015, 06:24 AM