Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the daily Prothom Alo is the enemy of Awami League, democracy, and the people of the country

As the government came under international scrutiny for curtailing freedom of expression, the question of child exploitation became the rallying point.

Others will never do, as they only want to use us

Prothom Alo editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman today sought anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act.

Karimon Nesa, mother of Prothom Alo reporter Samsuzzaman Shams, came all the way to Dhamrai from her Manikganj home to attend a human chain demanding the release of her son and scrapping of the controversial Digital Security Act.

Yet another proof that the DSA has become a tool to suppress criticism and free thinking. 

He was shown arrested in a case filed with Ramna Police Station under the Digital Security Act after earlier being sued in another DSA case with Tejgaon Police Station

Two ministers and ruling party leaders yesterday came down heavily on Bangla daily Prothom Alo for a report it ran online on March 26.

A Prothom Alo reporter was picked up from his home in Savar by law enforcers wearing plainclothes around 4:00am yesterday, triggering widespread criticism.

He however could not say who filed the case

Samsuzzaman Shams, a reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, was picked up from his home in Savar by officials of Criminal Investigation Department in plainclothes early today, said a police official who accompanied the CID team