A Chittagong court has summoned the editor and managing editor of Dainik Purbokone, a local daily, on Sunday in a defamation case lodged for allegedly publishing false news on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Mehnaj Rahman asked Dainik Purbokone Editor Taslim Uddin Chowdhury and Managing Editor Jashim Uddin Chowdhury to appear before her court within a month. Local BNP leader Belayet Hossain lodged the case, said the plaintiff’s counsel Abdus Sattar. Earlier on October 11, the Dainik Purbokone published a report mentioning that Khaleda Zia’s family was the third most corrupt family in the world. On October 12, the newspaper issued an apology for publishing the news and removed the article from its online version.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 15, 2017 17:48 UTC