Rewards for Justice, USA has announced a reward up to $5 million for information on the attack against Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed. In 2015, Avijit Roy was killed and his wife Rafida Ahmed wounded in Dhaka. On February 26, 2015, Bangladesh-born US citizens and married couple Roy and Ahmed were visiting Dhaka to attend a book fair when they were attacked by unidentified assailants with machetes. Roy was killed and Ahmed survived with critical injuries. Also read: Avijit murder: Sacked Major Ziaul, 4 others sentenced to death As an author, blogger, and activist, Roy challenged fundamentalism in Bangladesh by advocating for freedom of expression, according to Rewards for Justice. He coordinated international protests to raise awareness of the plight of imprisoned atheist bloggers in Bangladesh and was a well-known critic of social repression, it said. He was targeted and killed for his outspoken beliefs and activism, said the Rewards for Justice. Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) claimed responsibility for the attack. Also read: Major Ziaul, 5 others indicted in Avijit murder case ABT seeks to radicalize youths to kill those deemed by them to be anti-Islamic, according to Rewards for Justice. Those responsible for the attack are believed to be in Bangladesh, it said. The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, through its Rewards for Justice (RFJ) office, offered the reward. The Secretary of State has authorized the reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction in any country of anyone involved in the murder of Roy and the attack on Ahmed, according to US Department of State.

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 tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on Tuesday  in the murder case of writer and founder of Mukto Mona blog Avijit Roy who was killed amid the spate of 'blogger-killings' in 2015.

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.