The government closed two private television Channels named Diganta and Islamic TV.

Finally the government of Bangladesh closed two other privately owned TV Channels named Diganta

and Islamic Television. The indecent took place just after the massive protest by the Islamist protesters of Bangladesh. A political party led by Hefajat e Islam. 

An Online news agency name BD News 24 reports that -the government made the move without citing any reason, an official of the private Diganta station said.

Its Chief News Editor Ziaul Kabir Sumon told to bdnews24.com that a Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority team led by Director Colonel Sazzad Hossain came at around 4:20am on Monday

They said they were temporarily suspending the broadcast saying it was a government order, according to him.

Bomb Attack on Newspaper Editor in Bangladesh

Amader Orthoniti Editor Naimul Islam Khan sustained injuries in a bomb attack in the city’s Mohakhali on Monday night, Reports BD News24.

Islam and his wife were returning from a social gathering when unidentified people hurled crude bombs at their car near Shaheen School in Mohakhali at around 11:45pm.

When bdnews24.com called Khan up on his mobile phone, one of his relatives, who identified himself as ‘Taher’, answered and said that the senior journalist and his wife were receiving treatment at LabAid Hospital in the city.

At least 20 Journalist injured by Police.

By Anwar Hossain; The marauding activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir and some other Islamist parties clashed with police and pro-ruling party people across the country before and after Juma prayers yesterday, resulting in a large number of casualties and arrests.

The Islamists vandalised and torched Gonojagoron Mancha and Shaheed Minar as they protested the Shahbagh movement, which is to demand death penalty for war criminals.

Apart from deaths, scores of people, including police and journalists, were injured in the violence, report published in daily newspapers in Bangladesh.

Chief photo journalist of the Daily Amardesh, Mir Ahmed Miru was bullet injured by police, while he was performing his duty in the area of Baitul Mokarrom Mosque. His colleague took him to hospital and then he went through a surgery. 

12 blogs, Facebook pages blocked by the Government

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has closed 12 blogs and Facebook pages including ‘Sonar Bangla’ and ‘Basher Kella’ reportedly run by people tied to Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing over last few days. BDnews24 Reports.

The closure by the BTRC’s Computer Security Incident Response Team has come as those blogs and pages have been accused of spreading hatred and hurting religious sentiment of the people.

“The blogs and pages of the social networking website have been shut down in line with law, not considering any political line,” BTRC Vice Chairman Giasuddin Ahmed told bdnews24.com. Ahmed is also the Convenor of the security response team, which is assigned to ensure cyber security.

The official said his team acts against any distasteful write-ups and photos or any other online postings that could undermine the state, society, any political group or religion.

News agency bdnews24.com journalist attacked

The first online daily newspaper and news agency in Bangladesh BD NEWS 24 reports that the Senior Correspondent of bdnews24.com Sumon Mahbub was attacked early on Wednesday on his way back home from Shahbagh, the heart of the massive demonstrations against war crimes.

As he was heading home around 1:00am, a private car crashed into his motorcycle near Dhaka Gate in Banani, leaving him seriously injured in hands and legs.

The car sped away as Sumon lay on the ground, writhing in pain.

“This was a planned attack. I have no doubts,” said the 39-year-old journalist.

Sumon had to go to Shahbagh often for professional interests since demonstrations there began on Feb 5 asking for death penalty for all convicted war criminals. He said anyone could have kept an eye on his movements from there.

Journalists wounded in newsroom attack in Bangladesh

CPJ New York, May 29, 2012; The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday night's attack on the offices of an Internet news outlet in Dhaka in which at least nine journalists were wounded.

A group of at least 15 unidentified men, all carrying sharp objects including machetes, broke into the newsroom of bdnews24.com, a local media outlet that presents news in both Bangla and English, news reports said. The men attacked and stabbed journalists and other staff members, and vandalized the staff's vehicles in the parking lot, the website reported.

Abdur Rahim Harmacchi, a senior reporter at the news site who was slightly injured in the attack, told Agence France-Presse that after the men entered the office, "they started hacking some of our colleagues on the office's ground floor."