A record number of journalists were imprisoned globally during 2020 as authoritarian regimes sought to suppress their critical viewpoints on the Covid-19 pandemic or political instability, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said.

The authorities of Denim Processing Plant Lt on Thursday allegedly assaulted two journalists for reporting the rape of a garment worker in Belasahar area of Chandina upazila.

Five journalists were physically assaulted by goons when they went to investigate reports of irregularities in road construction on Wednesday.