Gonojagoron Mancha leader Imran H Sarker says his freedom of expression has been probably threatened as he talked in favour of the right.

Ain o Salish Kendra expresses deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman as “the process of the detention has created confusion among people”.

BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan today slams the law enforcers for arresting veteran journalist Shafik Rehman in a “dirty trick”.

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman’s wife Taleya Rehman meets two officials of British High Commission and sought fair justice for her husband, who was arrested in a case filed for attempting to abduct and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Terming the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman “inhuman”, BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands Rehman’s immediate release after cancelling his remand.

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman has been arrested on specific allegation, ministers for law and information say. “The matter is now under investigation. If he is found innocent in the investigation, he will be released,” Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed senior journalist Shafik Rehman on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and

Shafik Rehman became a household name after he launched the weekly Jai Jai Din in the mid-1980s.

Detectives pose as television crew when they enter the residence of Shafik Rehman in Eskaton to detain him, family claims.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands immediate release of Shafik Rehman.

Seven hours into his arrest, Shafik Rehman, a pro-BNP intellectual, is placed on a five-day remand in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.