Type Daily newspaper Language Bengali | Format Broadsheet Headquarters Sylhet
Bangladesh | |
Sylhet Protidin is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Sylhet in the Bengali language. In 2007, the paper's editor, Ahmed Noor, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion and allegedly tortured. A fact finding report by human rights group Odhikar suggests that para-military forces threatened to close the newspaper down in 2007.
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Sylhet Protidin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA