Mukto-Mona receives Bobs award

Bangladeshi blog 'Mukto-Mona' has received the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle's annual 'The Bobs - Best of Online Activism' award in Bonn, reports bdnews24.com.

Blogger Rafida Bonya Ahmed, who is continuing the works of his murdered husband Avijit Roy, received the award on Tuesday in the ongoing Global Media Forum.

Mukto-Mona, or free mind, was awarded with the top honour in the category of 'Social Change'.

Atlanta-based Roy, a well-known Bangladeshi-American secular blogger, was hacked to death by unknown assailants in Dhaka in February. Bonya was also injured in the attack.