Kurigram new deputy commissioner Md. said the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner Md Rezaul Karim to journalists upon joining office on Thursday afternoon. On March 14, Ariful Islam, Kurigram district correspondent of Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune, was sentenced to one year in jail, soon after a mobile court, set up at the Kurigram DC's office, ended the trial proceedings. The mobile court brought an allegation against the journalist that drugs and alcohol were recovered from his possession, which his family termed absurd. Former Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin was served a similar notice the night before.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 20, 2020 16:18 UTC