Law Minister Anisul Huq has assured of ensuring justice for Bangla daily Prothom Alo’s Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam, who was arrested on Monday in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Ruling Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif said the incident that took place in the Secretariat yesterday with journalist Rozina Islam was “undesirable” and that the country would benefit if strict action was taken against the corrupt instead of filing cases against journalists.

At least 72 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today.

A delegation of Jatiya Press Club led by President Farida Yasmin and General Secretary Ilyas Khan, along with Rozina Islam's brother Md Selim, met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal over the senior reporter's arrest today.

A Bangladeshi-born Finnish citizen, Dr Mojibur Doftori, has been fielded as a candidate for Helsinki City Council 2021 Election by the Green Party. As he is the only Bangladeshi-origin candidate in the capital city nominated by a major party, there is much enthusiasm among the local Bangladeshi community. The election will be held on 13 June.

A section of journalists who are observing a sit-in at Shahbagh Police Station are demanding voluntary imprisonment in protest of the arrest of Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam after she was confined at the Secretariat yesterday for five hours.

Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam was taken to Kashimpur Women's Central Jail in Gazipur from Dhaka this afternoon.

Demanding withdrawal of the case filed against Prothom Alo’s senior reporter Rozina Islam and her immediate release, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “We have been saying for a long time that people have no right in this country. Citizens, politicians or journalists don’t have any rights in what this government calls democracy.”

Bangladesh Public Service Commission today postponed the viva exam for the 42nd (Special) Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eleven eminent personalities have condemned the assault on Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam by government officials at the Secretariat when she was collecting information from the health ministry.

Journalists across the country today demanded immediate release of Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam and punishment of those who assaulted and harassed her at the Secretariat yesterday.

Prothom Alo’s Senior Reporter Rozina Islam has said that she is being treated wrongfully.

The family of Prothom Alo's Senior Reporter Rozina Islam will file a case over her assault at the Secretariat yesterday.

Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters' Forum (BSRF) has decided to boycott any event of the health ministry until Prothom Alo's Senior Reporter Rozina Islam gets released on bail.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her warmest congratulations to Kim Boo-Kyum, newly elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, saying she looks forward to working together to take the partnership between the two countries to a new height.

A case has been filed against Bangla daily Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam under the Official Secrets Act.

Journalists have gone to Shahbagh Police Station to protest the confinement of Bangla daily Prothom Alo's Senior Reporter Rozina Islam at the Secretariat and her subsequent handover to the police station.

Rozina Islam, a senior reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was taken to Shahbagh Police Station tonight after being confined at the Secretariat for five hours.

Reminiscing the homecoming of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 40 years back, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq on Monday paid tributes to this historical moment, saying that she 'turned Bangladesh away from the darkness' on this day.

A total of 11 Bangladeshis returned from India through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga this evening.