Today is the second death anniversary of eminent writer Prof Dr Humayun Azad. Different socio-cultural organisations and student bodies arranged various programmes to observe the day with due respect ...

The family of Dhaka University (DU) professor and eminent writer Humayun Azad yesterday demanded of the university authorities to bury Azad on the premises of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's grave.

The police Anti-Terrorism Unit says it has arrested a man sentenced to death for the murder of Humayun Azad, the writer and professor in the Department of Bangla at Dhaka University. In a statement on ...

The stabbing of a prominent literature professor at Dhaka University has triggered widespread protests in Bangladesh, culminating in a nationwide strike on Saturday. Students are demanding the arrest ...

Noor Mohammad aka Sabu, a Islamist militant leader who was sentenced to death for the murder of writer Humayun Azad, fled to Saudi Arabia immediately after the 2004 attack. Additional Inspector ...

A relative of Bangladeshi author Humayun Azad weeps next to his portrait after the 2004 attack that would claim his life - Copyright AFP FARJANA K. GODHULY A relative ...

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is seriously concerned for the safety of leading writer and lecturer Humayun Azad and his family following a series of recent death threats. Azad was ...

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN strongly condemns the 27 February 2004 attack on leading Bangladeshi writer and lecturer Humayun Azad by unidentified assailants. The attack is believed to ...

The options for him were either exile or death. He chose the former. Ananya Azad, 25, left Bangladesh on a self-imposed exile to save himself from attack by Islamic fundamentalist forces, who have ...

The Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) of Police on Monday arrested a fugitive death-row convict in a case filed over the murder Dhaka University teacher, intellectual and writer Professor Humayun Azad in 2004 ...