The year 2015 came in all shades. The year was sweet and savoury at the same time. This was the year when fanatics pounced on freethinking bloggers making headlines both at home and abroad. The year also brought a bunch of good news in terms of developments.
The Dhaka Tribune dedicatedly covered all most all the events and incidents throughout the year for its readers.
Here are the 10 most widely read news that attracted the maximum number of readers, measured in terms of online hits.
Writer Avijit Roy hacked to death (60,019 Pageviews)
Blogger and writer Avijit Roy was killed and his wife, blogger Rafida Ahmed Bonya, severely injured when unidentified miscreants hacked them at TSC of Dhaka University on february 26, 2015. Avijit, son of DU teacher Dr Ajoy Roy and also the founder of Mukto-Mona Blog, and his wife have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition immediately after the attack. Later, he died while undergoing treatment.
Boishakh celebration: Women harassed near TSC (46,271 Pageviews)
Several women, who joined the Bengali New Year celebrations on April 14, were sexually harassed by a group of miscreants at Dhaka University's TSC and Suhrawardy Udyan gate areas. Witnesses said a group of at least 30 unruly youths swooped on a number of women and assaulted them in the TSC and Suhrawardy Udyan gate areas, while a string of festivities were being held, celebrating the first day of the Bengali year, Pohela Boishakh.
Viber, Tango blocked in Bangladesh (30,551 Pageviews)
The government blocked popular internet calling and messaging services Viber and Tango on security grounds on January 18.
Bangladesh in gravest threat of earthquake (29,706 Pageviews)
The massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal and its climbing death toll raised the heavyweight cautionary signal for Bangladesh about colossal earthquake. After the deadly quake that killed more than 3,000 people in Nepal, two tremors have hit Bangladesh in April, 2015. The country was jolted by a massive 7.5 quake, causing panic among the people in the capital and parts of the country.
'Moja losss?' admin arrested (27,401 Pageviews)
The members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested Refayat Ahmed, the admin of Facebook-based social campaigning page Moja losss?, on charge of spreading anti-state propaganda. He was placed on remand and later was released on bail.
New pay scale for Armed Forces proposed (25,216 Pageviews)
The Armed Forces’ Pay Committee 2013 has submitted its recommendation to the finance minister, outlining Tk1 lakh as the maximum basic pay for the Armed Forces. Committee Chairman Lieutenant General Anwar handed over the report to Finance minister AMA Muhith at his secretariat office on January 1, 2015.
Killers publish video of torturing boy to death on Facebook (25,132 Pageviews)
A gruesome video of torturing Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, the 13-year-old boy who was killed in Kumargaon of Sylhet, has been leaked on the internet in July. The 28-minute video that was filmed and uploaded by the criminals themselves showed how Rajon was subjected to barbaric torture before he succumbed to his injuries.
Indian woman urinates into in-laws’ tea for a year (21,550 Pageviews)
A woman in India has admitted to urinating in her in-laws’ tea every day for over a year. Rekha Nagvanshi, 30, was caught by her mother-in-law while squatting on the teapot, urinating into it, at her home in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, according to media reports published in April.
Hijras to be recruited as traffic police (20,714 Pageviews)
The government in May decided to recruit hijras as traffic police officials from the next fiscal year, as part of an attempt to rehabilitate individuals of the gender and offer them new avenues of employment.
PHP to manufacture car for the first time in Bangladesh (19,806 Pageviews)
PHP, a business conglomerate based in Chittagong, announced that it would manufacture sedan car, aiming to release them in the market by the beginning of 2016. The company signed a deal with Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton in this regard in 2015, at Proton Centre for Excellent Complex in Malaysian city Selangor.
