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Little is known about young man who fled to India after a madrassa principle accused him of blasphemy.

U.S.-based news portal has been inaccessible for two days amid concerns over a crackdown on criticism of nation's handling of COVID-19.

Niladri Chottopaddhya, whose pen name was Niloy Neel, became the fourth secular blogger killed by alleged Islamists this year.

Meanwhile, police in Dhaka say they have arrested nine suspected extremists.

The overall convictions of eight defendants are the first among five slayings of secular bloggers since February 2013.

Messages posted on victim’s Facebook page praise the murder.

But members of the country’s secular blogging community don’t feel safe and are trying to flee abroad.

Both suspects in the slaying of Niladri Chottopaddhya belong to the outlawed group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), police say.

One suspect is the alleged acting chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team, police say.

One man, identified as a British citizen, is accused of masterminding the killings, while another allegedly took part in the machete attacks.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls Bangladesh out for failing to punish the killers.

Writers and publishers who fear for their lives have sought help relocating, activists say.

Sobak Pakhi left Bangladesh while Ranadipam Basu stayed – both fear for their safety.

Khaleda Zia and 27 other leaders of her party are accused of abetting arson.

Aslam Chowdhury faces allegations that he sought Israeli aid in toppling the Awami League-led government.

Illegal migration by sea has surged because job seekers find it hard to emigrate legally, one expert says.

Skeletons of construction workers were exhumed in 2017, three years after their abduction in Mosul.

Pyongyang’s official news agency calls weapon “H-bomb of justice.”

IS claims responsibility for second bombing near airport in a week.

Akayed Ullah and three others were injured when he set off improvised explosive device.

The 8-year-old grandson of the cousin of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister was killed in Colombo blast.

Writers fear angering militants following year of attacks, one says.

Move draws criticism from writers and publishers.

Bangladeshi publisher who survived attack praises symbolism against censorship during four-day literary festival in the Netherlands.

Publisher who carried works by author Diarsi Arag says he is being treated as a scapegoat.

At least 50,000 stateless people living in Bangladeshi and Indian pockets along the border will be offered citizenship through a territorial trade.

Eight Myanmar border guards died in attacks near the Bangladesh border on Sunday.

About 160 people entered the country over the last three days, officials say.

They are to blame also for alleged extrajudicial killings of Rohingya refugees and rising lawlessness, critics say.

Police arrest two suspected members of another extremist group in Dhaka.