Attackers swoop on protesting journos in Dhaka, injuring 10 Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
At least 10 journalists, who were sacked from the daily Janakantha recently, were injured in an attack during a protest in front of the newspaper office in Dhaka s Eskaton area this afternoon.
Three of the injured were said to be in critical condition, and were taken to Dhaka Community Hospital in Moghbazar, one of the 26 sacked journalists Bivash Barai told this newspaper.
The incident took place around 5:00pm when the journalists, along with some leaders of the journalist community, were protesting the wholesale termination from the Bangla daily, demanding to be reinstated.
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Digital Security Act: Govt to ensure no arrest before probe
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The government is taking measures to ensure that no one is arrested or sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA) before investigation, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said. We are thinking about incorporating a provision in the Digital Security Act so that no case is filed and none can be arrested under this law before an inquiry into the allegations is conducted, he told The Daily Star last night. I have been engaged with the office of the Human Rights Commission in Geneva for the last few months for sharing information regarding the best practices of the Digital Security Act all over the world. I will engage in a dialogue on the same issue next week. I have a plan to form a monitoring team so that there can be no scope to abuse the law.
Columnist Abul Maksud laid to rest
Staff Correspondent
24th February, 2021 10:22:59
Eminent columnist, researcher, writer and journalist Syed Abul Maksud was laid to eternal rest in the capital’s Azimpur graveyard on Wednesday after Maghrib prayer.
Earlier, the third and final namaz-e-janaza of the veteran intellectual was held at Dhaka University Central Mosque after Asr prayer while his second namaz-e-janaza was held on the National Press Club premises at around 2:45pm.
A pall of gloom descended on the journalist community when the freezing van carrying Maksud’s body entered the club around 2:15pm.
His friends and colleagues, and journalists and their professional organisations including National Press Club, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), Dhaka Sub Editors’ Council (DSEC), Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), and Bangladesh Press Institute, among others, paid their last tribute to him there