BDNews24 Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

In Bangladesh, publisher stabbed to death and three injured in attacks

November 2, 2015 6:15 PM EST

New York, November 2, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns two separate attacks in Dhaka on Saturday that, according to reports, killed and injured, respectively, two publishers who had produced books by the murdered Bangladeshi-American publisher Avijit Roy. Two writers were also injured in one of the attacks.

Bangladeshi journalists attacked while covering extortion

April 25, 2013 4:23 PM EDT

At least five journalists reported being attacked on April 13, 2013, while covering alleged extortion by students at Dhaka University in the capital. News accounts said the students had been extorting money from drivers of vehicles in the surrounding area, but did not offer further details.

Attacks against journalists reported in Bangladesh protests

February 28, 2013 2:33 PM EST

News accounts reported that several journalists were injured in February 2013 protests that swept the country following a prison term handed to a senior leader of an Islamist opposition party.