File photo of the High Court building Dhaka TribuneThirty-one others have also been accused in the caseThe High Court has granted a four-week anticipatory bail to the daily Manabzamin Editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury in connection with a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan issued the order after Matiur Rahman Chowdhury submitted a bail petition on Wednesday. The High Court also asked him to surrender before the tribunal concerned after expiry of the bail term, said Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua, who stood for Matiur Rahman Chowdhury. Saifuzzaman Shikhor, a ruling party lawmaker from Magura-1, filed the case accusing Matiur Rahman Chowdhury and 31 others with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station on March 9. MP Shikhor, in the case, alleged that the report contained false information and implicated several lawmakers without mentioning their names directly.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2020 15:22 UTC