Blogger hacked to death

Blogger, Washiqur Rahman has been stabbed to death in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital.

Rahman who was attacked close to his home in Dhaka's Begunbari area has been described by police as a "fundamentalist blogger" linked to Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Bangladesh.

BBC reports that 2 students at an Islamic seminary have been arrested in connection to the attack.

The stab incident comes a month after US-based writer, Avijit Roy, who had criticised religious intolerance, was killed in a machete attack while he was visiting Dhaka.

The attack which also left Roy's wife injured provoked protests from students and social activists.