Tag: Official Secrets Act

What does the bail for Rozina mean?

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Much to the relief of all, Rozina was granted bail after a weekend inside which saw many Bangladeshis very angry with the Government. This very unnecessary delay was however symptomatic of the way the issue was handled from the beginning, without tact, competence and confidence. From the manner in which

Rozina’s weekend inside and some questions

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Journalist Rozina was not granted or refused bail by the court on her bail application on Thursday. She will have to wait till Sunday to hear the outcome of her bail appeal. Rozina had been held inside the Secretariat in a room of a senior official of the Health ministry

Rozina Islam’s ordeal and the crisis in bureaucracy

- Afsan Chowdhury -

Prothom Alo reporter Rozina Islam was forcibly held inside a Secretariat room for 5 hours before she was taken to the police station and charged under the Official Secrets Act. Police asked for her remand the next day but the court denied it. It was reported that she had stolen

Prothom Alo journo Rozina Islam sent to jail

- Times Report -

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Prothom Alo senior journo Rozina Islam, arrested in a case under the Official Secrets Act, to judicial custody after rejecting the police's demand for a five-day remand. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim passed the order after Inspector Arifur Rahman Sardar, the investigating officer in the