Bangladeshi Publisher

Bangladesh's interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday that reforms are needed before polls.

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 Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run Wednesday for publishing "false information" about voting irregularities in an election won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, police said.

A renegade Bangladeshi army major who later became a terrorist leader has emerged as the key accused in the murder of a noted progressive publisher three years ago even as police today said they had finished their investigation in the case.

Bangladesh yesterday described the publication of draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as an "internal matter" of India and said it would not interfere. The second and final draft of the NRC is scheduled to be published on July 30, a date set by the Supreme Court.

A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.

When Bangladeshi blogger and social activist Ashif Entaz Rabi hosted a TV talk show about a slaying of a publisher by Islamic extremists, he faced a torrent of threatening phone calls. He says young men with earpieces started loitering outside his workplace, and a militant website urged followers to "send this Ashif to Allah."

About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital today, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious militancy.

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

A secular blogger and the publisher of an atheist writer killed earlier this year by suspected Islamists were attacked today in the Bangladeshi capital, police said.

In fresh violent protest against an article purportedly written by the Bangladeshi writer, a petrol bomb was hurled on the office of the Kannada daily that published it.

Bangladesh's interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday that reforms are needed before polls.

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 Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run Wednesday for publishing "false information" about voting irregularities in an election won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, police said.

A renegade Bangladeshi army major who later became a terrorist leader has emerged as the key accused in the murder of a noted progressive publisher three years ago even as police today said they had finished their investigation in the case.

Bangladesh yesterday described the publication of draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam as an "internal matter" of India and said it would not interfere. The second and final draft of the NRC is scheduled to be published on July 30, a date set by the Supreme Court.

A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.

When Bangladeshi blogger and social activist Ashif Entaz Rabi hosted a TV talk show about a slaying of a publisher by Islamic extremists, he faced a torrent of threatening phone calls. He says young men with earpieces started loitering outside his workplace, and a militant website urged followers to "send this Ashif to Allah."

About 1,000 Bangladeshi authors and teachers marched through the streets of the capital today, asserting their right to free speech days after a suspected Islamist group attacked writers and publishers critical of religious militancy.

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

A secular blogger and the publisher of an atheist writer killed earlier this year by suspected Islamists were attacked today in the Bangladeshi capital, police said.

In fresh violent protest against an article purportedly written by the Bangladeshi writer, a petrol bomb was hurled on the office of the Kannada daily that published it.