Avijit Roy

Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.

Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.

Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.

A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.

Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.

A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka today, just hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were attacked in a separate incident.

Three persons have been arrested in Dhaka for the murder of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das, the two secular bloggers who were brutally murdered in Bangladesh earlier this year.

A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants.

Bangladesh police said today they have arrested a photo-journalist over the murder of an atheist blogger hacked to death last month by a masked gang wielding machetes.

A masked gang wielding machetes hacked a secular blogger to death Tuesday in northeastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since February, police said.

On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by.

The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a US citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to "pursue a thorough investigation."

Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.

Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.

A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.

Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.

A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.

Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.

A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka today, just hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were attacked in a separate incident.

Three persons have been arrested in Dhaka for the murder of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das, the two secular bloggers who were brutally murdered in Bangladesh earlier this year.

A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants.

Bangladesh police said today they have arrested a photo-journalist over the murder of an atheist blogger hacked to death last month by a masked gang wielding machetes.

A masked gang wielding machetes hacked a secular blogger to death Tuesday in northeastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since February, police said.

On a recent evening in a Midwestern U.S. city, a middle-aged woman with bandaged arms and a missing thumb entered a crowded restaurant. Nearby, children colored with crayons. Waiters rushed by.

The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a US citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.

The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to "pursue a thorough investigation."