The Committee to Protect Journalists praises the arrest of a suspect who took part in the killing attempt on publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul last year.

The US expresses its deep concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh including attacks against the minorities, LGBTs and others.

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.

Strongly denouncing the recent killings, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she does not want such incidents to happen anymore in the country.