Dhaka

UK minister concerned over attacks on publishers

UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire expresses deep concern over the attacks on publishers and bloggers in Bangladesh.
2 November 2015, 07:34 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

Blogger Tareq not out of danger yet

Blogger Tareq Rahim, who was shot and hacked at Shuddhoswar Prokashani office in Lalmatia on Saturday, is still not out of danger while the conditions of Shuddhoswar's Ahmedur Rashid Tutul and another Ranadipam Basu have slightly improved.
2 November 2015, 06:44 AM

3 killed in separate ‘gunfights’

Three people, including the prime accused in a case filed for killing a mother and her 15-month-old daughter, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Jhenidah, Dhaka and Gazipur early today.
2 November 2015, 05:50 AM

Int’l community condemns violence on liberal minds

International community today strongly condemned the brutal killing of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and attacks on the online community in Bangladesh.
1 November 2015, 15:38 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

Zimbabwe series: Taskin left out for first 2 ODIs

Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced the Bangladesh squad for first two ODIs of the three-match series against Zimbabwe.
1 November 2015, 10:06 AM

Somoy Prakashan publisher gets death threat

A day into the killing of Jagriti Prokashani owner, Somoy Prakashan publisher Farid Ahmed receives threat on his life through short message service (SMS).
1 November 2015, 08:53 AM

Publisher killing: Booksellers to observe strike Monday

Booksellers decide to refrain from selling books across the country from tomorrow morning to afternoon protesting the attacks on two publishers in Dhaka.
1 November 2015, 08:45 AM

Attacks on Avijit’s publishers are isolated incidents: Kamal

A day after the attacks on two publishers of slain blogger Avijit Roy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says such attacks are isolated incidents and not new in Bangladesh.
1 November 2015, 07:22 AM

New CNG auto-rickshaw fare from today

Although the new fare of CNG-run auto-rickshaws comes into effect in Dhaka city from today, many three-wheelers have been staying off the streets, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.
1 November 2015, 07:21 AM

UN condemns publisher killing

Condemning the murder of Jagriti Prokashoni proprietor Faisal Arefin Dipan, the United Nations has urged the government to arrest the killers.
1 November 2015, 06:09 AM

I don’t want justice either: Banya

Like the father of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan, slain blogger Avijit Roy’s wife Rafida Ahmed Banya does not seek justice for the murders of the bloggers and publishers.
1 November 2015, 05:10 AM

Attacks on publishers cowardly, act prompt: BNP

BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his party’s strong condemnation over the attacks on country’s publishers that killed one and injured three others in Dhaka.
31 October 2015, 15:48 PM

British envoy condemns attacks on publishers

British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert W Gibson condemns the double attacks on publishers that killed one and injured three others.
31 October 2015, 15:23 PM

Father’s fear came true

Prof Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque feared for his son when he heard of the attack on Avijit Roy’s publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul.
31 October 2015, 14:51 PM

Victim takes it to Facebook

In a desperate attempt to seek help, injured blogger Ranadipam Basu, 50, posts a status on his Facebook page minutes after the attackers left him with two other victims locked from outside.
31 October 2015, 14:07 PM

Publisher killed in second attack in Dhaka

Publisher of Jagriti Prokashony is stabbed dead at his Shahbagh office shortly after assailants knifed another publisher of books written by slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two bloggers at his Lalmatia office.
31 October 2015, 13:03 PM

Tk 3-5 lakh charged for leaked questions: DB

The question paper leak syndicate used to take Tk 3-5 lakh from Dhaka and Jagannath university admission seekers.
31 October 2015, 11:54 AM

Avijit’s publisher, 2 bloggers hacked in Dhaka

Unknown assailants stab the publisher of slain blogger Avijit Roy along with two bloggers in Dhaka’s Lalmatia area. The injured are attending to treatments at DMCH with wounds to the head. Condition of publisher Tutul and another are said to be grave.
31 October 2015, 10:05 AM