Publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan

Fugitive convict Sohel’s house now branded as 'Jongibari'

The Lalmonirhat’s house of Abu Siddiq Sohel, one of the two militant convicts on death row who escaped from a Dhaka court premises yesterday, is under lock and key..Since this morning, Sohel’s neighbours in Kumrihat Bheteshwar village in Aditmari upazila have started calling his house “Jon
21 November 2022, 07:44 AM

Crocodile tears won't stop the killings

The former president is not alone in shedding fake tears. He is in good company. Every time a free thinker is murdered, voices are raised to condemn it. But this is quickly followed by silence. And then comes the inevitable oblivion.
4 November 2015, 18:00 PM

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.
3 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Law and order satisfactory, Kamal reiterates

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal reiterates his claim that the current law and order situation in the country is satisfactory.
3 November 2015, 06:41 AM

Gonojagoron Mancha to hold coffin procession Thursday

Protesting the recent attacks on publishers and bloggers, the activists and supporters of Gonojagoron Mancha will bring out a coffin procession towards the home ministry on Thursday.
3 November 2015, 04:30 AM

Hanif's insensate remarks

We are somewhat assuaged by Mahbubul Alam Hanif's apology for the remarks he had made on the comments of Professor Fazlul Huq, father of late Dipan.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM

It must be stopped

Emboldened by the government's lack of action, the extremists will eventually expand their attacks on liberals, politicians, journalists, writers and anyone who disagrees with their views and approach.
2 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Unknown assailants sued for attacks on Dipan, Tutul

Razia Rahman, wife of slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, files a murder case with Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the killing of her husband.
2 November 2015, 08:46 AM

Attack on publishers: Booksellers keep shops closed

Protesting the killing of Faisal Arefin Dipan and attack on Ahmedur Rashid Tutul, writers and publishers have staged silent procession in different parts of Dhaka.
2 November 2015, 07:24 AM

“As a society we are failing to see the grave ramifications of all these”

I knew Faisal Arefin Dipan since 2006 when he presided over the first gathering of the free thinking bloggers who write in Bangla.
1 November 2015, 18:00 PM

Engage all political parties to stop such killings: BNP

BNP says the government should engage all political parties to stop recurring of killings like the murder of Faisal Arefin Dipon, owner of a publishing house.
1 November 2015, 15:57 PM

Dipan’s father believes in ‘ideology of killers’: Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif comes down heavily on Prof Abul Qashem Fazlul Huq for not seeking trial of the killers of his son publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
1 November 2015, 15:23 PM

Now criminals safe, people unsafe: Ershad

Concerned over publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan’s murder, Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad says now criminals are safe in the country but common people are becoming unsafe due to the prevailing impunity culture.
1 November 2015, 14:36 PM