Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed that they arrested an Ansar al Islam militant who along with three others hacked to death writer-blogger Avijit Roy nearly three years ago.
A suspect in blogger Avijit Roy murder case yesterday confessed before a Dhaka court that he was among four Ansar Al Islam operatives who did a recce of the killing spot near TSC of Dhaka University five to six days before the murder.
Examination of the 11 evidence, which were collected from the crime scene of blogger Avijit murder and sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have been completed, Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said today.
Police say the road in front of Bangla Academy where blogger Avijit Roy was killed last year was not adequately lit.
The Gonojagoron Mancha rejects the verdict handed for February 2013 murder of blogger Rajib Haider and called for protests.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Saturday’s separate attacks that killed publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and injured another publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.
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.
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.
Shafiur Rahman Farabi, the lone arrestee in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy murder case, is placed in fresh remand for two more days.
Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed that they arrested an Ansar al Islam militant who along with three others hacked to death writer-blogger Avijit Roy nearly three years ago.
A suspect in blogger Avijit Roy murder case yesterday confessed before a Dhaka court that he was among four Ansar Al Islam operatives who did a recce of the killing spot near TSC of Dhaka University five to six days before the murder.
Examination of the 11 evidence, which were collected from the crime scene of blogger Avijit murder and sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have been completed, Additional Commissioner Monirul Islam of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said today.
Police say the road in front of Bangla Academy where blogger Avijit Roy was killed last year was not adequately lit.
The Gonojagoron Mancha rejects the verdict handed for February 2013 murder of blogger Rajib Haider and called for protests.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Saturday’s separate attacks that killed publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and injured another publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.
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.
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.
Shafiur Rahman Farabi, the lone arrestee in the blogger-writer Avijit Roy murder case, is placed in fresh remand for two more days.
A Dhaka court places three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team on a seven-day remand each in connection with blogger Avijit Roy killing case.