Deb Narayan arrested

Bangladesh police on October 5 arrested Deb Narayan Moheshwar, who faced a warrant of arrest for hurting Muslim sentiment through filing a Writ petition against "The Quran", Muslims' holy book.

Narayan was arrested in Damurhuda police station  under Chuadanga district.

Shikder Moshiur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of the police station, confirmed the information.

Narayan is now in jail, Shikder said.

Link: http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/10/06/47363

Bangladesh court sentence 2 years jail to editor

A court of Bangladesh on October 6 sentenced an editor of a daily newspaper "Dainik Satmatha" for two years' imprisonment and a correspondent for one year in jail in a defamation case filed in 2005.

Rajshahi district judge Alamgir Hossain passed the judgment on the day.

The editor Principal Shahabuddin was present when the court delivered the judgment. He was sent to jail while the correspondent, Omar Faruk, is on run.