A tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam to death and another  to life term imprisonment in a case over the killing of writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog Avijit Roy.

A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed February 16 for delivering the verdict of the murder case of Avijit Roy, writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog who was killed amid the spate of 'blogger-killings' in 2015.

The prosecution concluded its argument seeking death penalty of six accused in the murder case of Avijit Roy, writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog who was killed amid the spte of 'blogger-killings' in 2015.