DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Journalists, editors and owners of media outlets in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that authorities protect them following recent attacks on two leading national dailies by mobs. The newspaper authorities blamed the authorities under the interim government for failing to adequately respond to the incidents despite repeated requests for help to disperse the mobs. Hours later, the trapped journalists who took shelter on the roof of the Daily Star newspaper were rescued. A leader of the Editors Council, an independent body of newspaper editors, was manhandled by the attackers when he arrived at the scene. Several journalists who are known to have close links with Hasina have been arrested and jailed under Yunus.

Source: Daily Sun January 17, 2026 23:02 UTC