BANGLADESH

MAY 30, 2005
Posted: June 7, 2005

Nawroz Faisal Bidyut , Ajker Kagoj
ATTACKED

On May 30, BNP leader Abu Sayed Chand from the northeastern city of Rajshahi invited a reporter for the daily Ajker Kagoj to his office to discuss a recent article critical of Chand. When the reporter, Nawroz Faisal Bidyut, arrived, Chand assaulted and verbally abused him, according to a report in The Daily Star.