MuktoMona English Blog

Of Founders Namesakes and Development

Published on Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Does New Atheism Come from a Pessimistic Worldview of our Life?

Published on Thursday, 2 November 2023

Homo-sexuality - Where do you set the bar of rights?

Published on Monday, 17 July 2023

Dr Avijit Roy - Light to Young Learners

Published on Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Bangladesh Government - A Careless Custodian – the escape of Avijit Roy's Assassins

Published on Thursday, 24 November 2022

Razel - About Homosexuality in Bangladesh

Published on Wednesday, 2 November 2022

Happy Birthday Avijit Roy

Published on Monday, 12 September 2022

Nupur Sharma - A very familiar face of religious politics in india

Published on Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh

Published on Sunday, 31 October 2021

Who Were Behind the Recent Heinous Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh?

Published on Sunday, 24 October 2021

World of Inquiry - Muktomona

Published on Tuesday, 14 September 2021

The Myth of Religious Fundamentalism

Published on Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Happy birthday Avi!

Published on Monday, 13 September 2021

Crisis of God in 21st Century and Some Thoughts on Writings of Avijit Roy

Published on Saturday, 4 September 2021

Is Bangladeshi Government Threat for Individual Liberty?

Published on Thursday, 26 August 2021

The Failure of US Strategy for Regime Change in Afghanistan - Leaving a dangerous and futile game behind for a better future ?

Published on Friday, 20 August 2021

Trisha Ahmed writes to stepfather Avijit Roy after the verdict.

Published on Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Bonya Ahmed's Statement on the Avijit Roy Murder Verdict February 16, 2021

Published on Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Muktomona Statement on the Avijit Roy Murder Verdict February 16, 2021

Published on Monday, 15 February 2021

The Amazing Story of Princess Noor Inayat Khan – A Spy in The British Secret Service during World War II

Published on Thursday, 4 February 2021

Sculpture of Sheikh Mujib Stands and Modernize Islam

Published on Wednesday, 30 December 2020

France's Battle Against Authoritarianism

Published on Thursday, 12 November 2020

Regarding Account Moderations on FB, To Mark Zuckerberg

Published on Thursday, 23 July 2020

A leader of the people

Published on Sunday, 14 June 2020

Zahid Maleque, you're unfit to lead

Published on Thursday, 23 April 2020

When prayers can kill

Published on Monday, 6 April 2020

Free thinking movement in Bangladesh and nightmare

Published on Wednesday, 26 February 2020

India's Humane Law - Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019

Published on Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Professor Ajoy Roy - A profile in patriotism, human rights, and science

Published on Saturday, 14 December 2019

Save tribal homes from corporate greed

Published on Friday, 9 August 2019

A phone call

Published on Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Is Michael Chakma still alive? We need an answer

Published on Thursday, 27 June 2019

The guilt

Published on Thursday, 20 June 2019

Eat fat to lose fat

Published on Wednesday, 5 June 2019

The beggar

Published on Sunday, 19 May 2019

The dog

Published on Sunday, 19 May 2019

Life is nothing but foreplay

Published on Thursday, 16 May 2019

Meal supplements can be the key to a healthier life

Published on Saturday, 11 May 2019

Healthy Gut Bacteria

Published on Saturday, 11 May 2019

Muktomona condemns the killings in Sri Lanka

Published on Monday, 22 April 2019

A strange love

Published on Friday, 5 April 2019

Lost of interest in reading

Published on Monday, 25 March 2019

The Bangladeshi Intellectual's Love Affair with Arundhati Roy

Published on Monday, 11 March 2019

Can we speak, Sir?

Published on Friday, 8 March 2019

A heartfelt apology to the killers of Avijit Roy

Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Fourth anniversary of the assassination of Avijit Roy

Published on Monday, 25 February 2019

To kill a February dream

Published on Saturday, 2 February 2019

None above the law

Published on Thursday, 10 January 2019

Sayed Ashradul Islam - A leader worth remembering

Published on Tuesday, 8 January 2019

BREAST, Break Taboo

Published on Saturday, 29 December 2018

A red dot

Published on Wednesday, 26 December 2018

A beautiful hell

Published on Saturday, 22 December 2018

Divulge Truth over Falsehood and Deceit on the Political Career of Mrs. Khaleda Zia

Published on Friday, 23 November 2018

Love

Published on Sunday, 28 October 2018

Love

Published on Saturday, 27 October 2018

Dear Mr. President, trolling women is not funny

Published on Thursday, 18 October 2018

The vendor

Published on Friday, 5 October 2018

We need to defend our freedom

Published on Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Today is International Blasphemy Day

Published on Sunday, 30 September 2018

The God

Published on Saturday, 22 September 2018

Love

Published on Saturday, 15 September 2018

Price for freedom

Published on Wednesday, 12 September 2018

In a world of ideas

Published on Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Avijit Roy would have been 46 today

Published on Wednesday, 12 September 2018

A drop of water

Published on Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Love

Published on Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Justice for our brave little heroes

Published on Monday, 6 August 2018

Antibiotic Resistance - Enemy on the Prowl

Published on Sunday, 8 July 2018

Shahjahan Bachchu - A martyr of free thoughts

Published on Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Why should Bangladesh have Ombudsman institution?

Published on Saturday, 12 May 2018

Palestinian Homeland – How Much Blood to Shed?

Published on Monday, 16 April 2018

The Most Intractable Problem of the USA

Published on Sunday, 25 March 2018

Times of India Interview - Might is right is the only language we have reverted to as a society - Rafida Bonya Ahmed

Published on Thursday, 15 March 2018

Attack on Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

Published on Sunday, 4 March 2018

Avijit Roy and My Sense of Responsibility

Published on Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Avijit Roy's Campo de Fiori

Published on Monday, 26 February 2018

Three Years and Counting

Published on Monday, 26 February 2018

FFRF announces memorial award on third anniversary of Avijit Roy's assassination

Published on Saturday, 24 February 2018

A matter of equality

Published on Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Can Bangladesh remain secular?

Published on Sunday, 11 February 2018

The Hague Freedom Book Fair 2018

Published on Sunday, 11 February 2018

A perfect girl with flaws

Published on Thursday, 18 January 2018

Young maiden and her prince living happily ever after... ?

Published on Saturday, 13 January 2018

The Harbingers of a Bygone Utopia

Published on Monday, 1 January 2018

Dear minister, bribery is never okay

Published on Friday, 29 December 2017

Seen Through the Lens of Life

Published on Friday, 29 December 2017

State needs to stand up against the bully

Published on Sunday, 17 December 2017

Where did it all go so wrong?

Published on Sunday, 3 December 2017

Hedenius Prize 2017 goes to blogger Shamima Aktar

Published on Sunday, 12 November 2017

Shouldn't Rajshahi University be sued for discrimination against non-Muslim students?

Published on Monday, 30 October 2017

Rippling Spacetime

Published on Saturday, 28 October 2017

Got The Time?

Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2017

We cannot support oppression

Published on Tuesday, 10 October 2017

From Nothing to Zero

Published on Saturday, 7 October 2017

We need to talk about Myanmar

Published on Friday, 29 September 2017

Avijit Roy - The Gadfly voice of reason

Published on Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Remembering Abdul Jabbar

Published on Thursday, 31 August 2017

No country for Sabina

Published on Sunday, 13 August 2017

Keynote at 2017 Secular Conference 2017 - Freedom of Expression and Conscience

Published on Saturday, 22 July 2017

International Yoga day...Thanks but no thanks.

Published on Monday, 26 June 2017

Langadu- a national shame for Bangladesh

Published on Saturday, 3 June 2017

Political Parties and Ethics

Published on Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Bangladesh Must Stop its Descent into ISIS Hell!

Published on Sunday, 28 May 2017

Justicia has fallen- What's next?

Published on Saturday, 27 May 2017

Rape

Published on Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Remembering Ananta Bijoy - An unsung luminous soul

Published on Thursday, 11 May 2017

DGFI helped militant group Huji form political party

Published on Tuesday, 9 May 2017

When the next flood comes will we be better prepared?

Published on Saturday, 6 May 2017

Malala in Lalaland

Published on Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Mashal Khan's Murderers Must be Brought to Justice and Anti-Blasphemy Laws Must be Abolished

Published on Tuesday, 18 April 2017

It is in outrage….

Published on Friday, 14 April 2017

Group of Bangladeshi Teens on a Mission - Stopping Child Marriage

Published on Wednesday, 5 April 2017

How Bangabandhu's Declaration Came About - A Historical Analysis

Published on Thursday, 23 March 2017

An Occidental Islam - Between Culturalist and Reformist Expediencies

Published on Saturday, 18 March 2017

Islamic Organisations in America

Published on Monday, 6 March 2017

Is Islamic theology relevant in the modern world?

Published on Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Remembering the life and legacy of Avijit Roy

Published on Saturday, 25 February 2017

Bismillah in the bathroom

Published on Friday, 24 February 2017

Avijit Roy's Dying Dream

Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2017

The Hague showing solidarity to people who are putting their lives on the line for freedom of expression

Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2017

The martyrs of freedom of thought

Published on Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Authentic History of Myanmar and Rohingyas - Scapegoats of Modern Nation-State

Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Women's rights is not a pity party

Published on Sunday, 5 February 2017

India-Bangladesh relationship - Look beyond economics

Published on Thursday, 26 January 2017

Do not play with our kids future

Published on Monday, 16 January 2017

Hypatia comes to our town

Published on Sunday, 1 January 2017

End the culture of impunity

Published on Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Bangladesh - Do not legitimize Paedophilia

Published on Monday, 12 December 2016

Racist Sayedul Hoque must be ousted

Published on Sunday, 4 December 2016

Humanity comes first

Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Ensure constitutional protection for Rosraj

Published on Monday, 28 November 2016

An amicable discussion between an atheist and a moderate Muslim

Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2016

A miscarriage of justice

Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2016

A violation of child rights

Published on Thursday, 17 November 2016

Bring the evil "Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat" to justice

Published on Thursday, 17 November 2016

Farcical democracy in the EU referendum

Published on Saturday, 5 November 2016

Awami League needs an attitude adjustment

Published on Sunday, 30 October 2016

Time to take stand in defense of free speech

Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2016

A Disconcerting Act - Bangladesh Government Files Charges Against Publisher Shamsuzzoha Manik

Published on Sunday, 23 October 2016

Bonya Receives Freedom From Religion Foundation's 'Forward' Award 2016

Published on Thursday, 20 October 2016

The Wall of Separation

Published on Friday, 14 October 2016

We must honour our dissenters - An interview with Maryam Namazie

Published on Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Talk in Women in Secularism 2016

Published on Monday, 10 October 2016

87% of our women are rape victims - What are we, a nation of rapists?

Published on Sunday, 9 October 2016

The God Delusion - Curing virus of faith for a decade!

Published on Thursday, 6 October 2016

The Dysfunctional Majoritarianism

Published on Thursday, 29 September 2016

The Great Slaughter

Published on Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Take Home Messages of the Recent Political Conventions in USA

Published on Sunday, 25 September 2016

Is Angela Merkel an angel or an agent for damage and destruction?

Published on Saturday, 24 September 2016

Change Must Take Place

Published on Friday, 16 September 2016

Ode for Avijit Roy

Published on Monday, 12 September 2016

History of Hajj

Published on Sunday, 11 September 2016

The Legacy of a Martyred Freethinker

Published on Saturday, 10 September 2016

A three in one

Published on Friday, 9 September 2016

Stop this Insanity

Published on Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Zahir Raihan was accused of defaming Sheikh Mujib

Published on Monday, 22 August 2016

The "Gold Star" Dishonesty of the 2016 US Presidential Election

Published on Sunday, 21 August 2016

Commemorating Niloy Neel - Perished by Al-Qaeda's Sword, Immortal with the Pen.

Published on Saturday, 6 August 2016

Ansarullah Bangla Team - Genesis and Beyond

Published on Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Unknowingly

Published on Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Who is the mastermind behind Avijit's murder?

Published on Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Dissimulation of a past Marxist and present Islamic apologist

Published on Sunday, 24 July 2016

How Zakir Naik's Words can Hurt

Published on Friday, 8 July 2016

The Regressive Left and Their Selective Outrage

Published on Thursday, 7 July 2016

ISIS releases new video message with renewed threats against Bangladeshi targets

Published on Tuesday, 5 July 2016

In the Time of the Assassins

Published on Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Of salaam-alaikum,nomoshkar, and the veil

Published on Sunday, 3 July 2016

Analysis of a terrorist in Gulsan incident -why our kids are vulnerable to radical preachers

Published on Sunday, 3 July 2016

Bangladesh Facing the Music

Published on Saturday, 2 July 2016

Islamists take hostage in Dhaka - ISIS claims credit

Published on Friday, 1 July 2016

The Medina Covenant - What is all the noise about?

Published on Sunday, 26 June 2016

MuktoMona founder Avijit Roy murder prime accused ABT terrorist Sharif killed in Dhaka

Published on Sunday, 19 June 2016

Virus of Faith Strikes Again - Massacre of Innocents in Florida

Published on Sunday, 12 June 2016

Would Muslims Support Gay rights?

Published on Sunday, 12 June 2016

Keynote address at Reason Rally 2016 in Washington D.C

Published on Monday, 6 June 2016

Reason Rally Mini-Con's Keynote Speaker is Bonya Ahmed

Published on Sunday, 5 June 2016

Reason Rally, Washington DC, 2016

Published on Saturday, 4 June 2016

Tales of a few fighters from dark tiny little room

Published on Friday, 27 May 2016

The curious case of Turkey and Pakistan

Published on Friday, 13 May 2016

CNN Article - Whose death anniversary will I mourn next?

Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016

In support of secular bloggers and freethinkers in Bangladesh – The Nordic and Estonian PEN centres condemn the acts of violence and demand protection for those in danger

Published on Sunday, 1 May 2016

Has Bangladesh lost to Islamism?

Published on Sunday, 1 May 2016

Bangladesh Sliding into Darkness

Published on Saturday, 30 April 2016

Timeline - Militancy in Bangladesh

Published on Monday, 25 April 2016

A Crowd Puller and his Zombies - The Indian government has been silent on snakes in their backyard.

Published on Sunday, 24 April 2016

The Brave are the Dead - Barbarism in Bangladesh

Published on Sunday, 24 April 2016

What price to pay for loving music!

Published on Sunday, 24 April 2016

Documentary - Freethinking Apocalypse

Published on Monday, 18 April 2016

Life under Islamists' Machetes in Bangladesh

Published on Tuesday, 12 April 2016

The Slow Demise of Democracy?

Published on Saturday, 9 April 2016

Who is the Bangladesh Government really siding with?

Published on Thursday, 7 April 2016

Another victim of state religion, free-thinker hacked to death by machete

Published on Wednesday, 6 April 2016

My talk at the Harvard Humanist Hub

Published on Monday, 4 April 2016

Portrayal of Bangladesh Liberation War in a Book Written by Dr. Nuran Nabi

Published on Monday, 28 March 2016

Bangladesh's existential threat

Published on Monday, 28 March 2016

Moderate and extremely clueless

Published on Sunday, 20 March 2016

Regressive Islam

Published on Friday, 18 March 2016

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Islam Should Remain as the State Religion in Bangladesh While Government Plays Safe

Published on Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Machettes, fundamentalism and rationalism - what does history tell us? Video of Rafida Ahmed Bonya's presentation at UC Riverside

Published on Thursday, 3 March 2016

The absence of religion is not a religion

Published on Thursday, 3 March 2016

Razor's Edge - A documentary on the current situation of the Bangladeshi atheist bloggers

Published on Thursday, 3 March 2016

Remembering you, Avijit

Published on Thursday, 3 March 2016

Murdered blogger's stepdaughter - Dad taught me to be informed, bold, unafraid

Published on Friday, 26 February 2016

Remembering Avijit Roy

Published on Friday, 26 February 2016

Lamenting Avijit's Jeopardous Trip to Bangladesh

Published on Thursday, 25 February 2016

Getting to Know Avijit Roy

Published on Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Mr. Mahfuz Anam's Confession Exposed his Newspaper's Role as a Conduit for the Military-Backed Government in Bangladesh

Published on Monday, 15 February 2016

Revolution in our solar system

Published on Monday, 15 February 2016

How does ISIS get weapons from its enemies?

Published on Thursday, 7 January 2016

War dead has became a political game

Published on Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Is America Unfair to Muslims?

Published on Sunday, 27 December 2015

Swedish "The Dissident Blog's" Special Issue on Bangladesh

Published on Sunday, 20 December 2015

Bangladesh must shun the religious proxy war

Published on Thursday, 17 December 2015

Maths or strings?

Published on Monday, 14 December 2015

Epigraph for the Freedom of Thought Report

Published on Wednesday, 9 December 2015

The New World Order

Published on Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Remarks for Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Briefing on Human Rights in Bangladesh

Published on Tuesday, 1 December 2015

A different kind of Halloween In Bangladesh - Brutal killings of free-thinkers

Published on Monday, 30 November 2015

Turkey's inexorable descent to extremism

Published on Friday, 27 November 2015

Justice Served - Death Sentence Upheld for Two War Criminals

Published on Saturday, 21 November 2015

Editorial - Human Rights Watch's statement is unhelpful towards establishing justice

Published on Friday, 20 November 2015

Root causes of grotesque Islamic violence

Published on Thursday, 19 November 2015

Joint Statement - Calling on the Canadian government to help secularists in Bangladesh

Published on Wednesday, 18 November 2015

AFTER THE ATTACKS IN PARIS

Published on Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Terror in November

Published on Sunday, 15 November 2015

American militarism and battered diplomacy

Published on Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Murderous Attacks on Bangladeshi Science Writers and Publishers

Published on Friday, 6 November 2015

Bangladesh - the Killing Field

Published on Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Humanists urge Dutch Government to take action regarding Bangladesh

Published on Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Rafida Ahmed Bonya on the UN panel "Ending Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

Published on Monday, 2 November 2015

Rafida Ahmed Bonya on the UN panel "Ending Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

Published on Monday, 2 November 2015

CFIC Implores the Canadian Government To Help Tareq Rahim

Published on Sunday, 1 November 2015

I don't want justice either

Published on Sunday, 1 November 2015

You can murder kafir in Bangladesh

Published on Saturday, 31 October 2015

Editorial - Amnesty's Baffling Stand on War Crime

Published on Thursday, 29 October 2015

Metaphysical Concept of Life & Afterlife

Published on Saturday, 24 October 2015

Just, come once

Published on Thursday, 15 October 2015

Press release by Passion for Freedom

Published on Tuesday, 13 October 2015

The Shame of Ban on Beef in Secular India

Published on Sunday, 11 October 2015

Passion for Freedom's recognition of Bangladeshi Bloggers and its Annual Art Festival

Published on Sunday, 4 October 2015

Saudi duplicity and inhumanity

Published on Sunday, 4 October 2015

Rise of religious extremism in Bangladesh - Old product in a new wrapping

Published on Friday, 2 October 2015