Veteran photojournalist Lutfur Rahman Binu died of cardiac arrest in Dhaka on Monday. He was 66. Family sources said Lutfur Rahman fell sick at his Khilgaon residence in the morning and breathed his last around 12 noon on the way to Dhanmondi Ibne Sina Hospital. Read:Senior journalist Ruhul Quddus no more The photojpurnalist, also a member of the Jatiya Press Club, is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers.  Lutfur Rahman, who was a senior photojournalist of Daily Inqilab, also worked as a personal photographer  of former Prime Minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Read:Simon Dring died in his ETV poloshirt, shares partner in emotional Fb post He will be buried at their family graveyard after Asr prayers after a Namaz-e-janaza at a local mosque. Jatiya Press Club president Farida Yasmin and general secretary Elias Khan expressed deep shock at his death.

A case filed against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol under the Digital Security Act (DSA) at Kamrangirchar Police Station was transferred to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal on Sunday. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikari passed the order as Kajol stood in the dock. The court took the charges into cognisance and shifted it to the Cyber Tribunal for trial. Investigation Officer Md Rassel Mollah submitted the chargesheet on March 14. Also read: Digital Security Act: Charges pressed against Kajol Jubo Mohila League central leader Sumaiya Chowdhury Bonnya filed the case on March 11 last year accusing Kajol of writing defamatory remarks about various MPs on his Facebook profile. He was freed from the Dhaka Central Jail on December 25 last year. On December 17, the High Court granted him bail in two cases filed under the DSA, clearing the way for his release. Also read: Journalist Kajol freed from jail On November 24 that year, the journalist secured bail in another case filed against him under the DSA. The journalist had gone missing on March 10, 2020, a day after Magura-1 MP Saifuzzaman Shikhor filed a case against him and 30 others, including Manab Zamin Editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury. They were sued under the Digital Security Act for publishing and sharing an article on social media about expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia. Also, two other cases were filed against Kajol at Kamrangir Char and Hazaribagh police stations under DSA on March 10 and March 11. On May 3, Kajol was shown detained by Border Guard Bangladesh along the Benapole border after 53-day of his disappearance. He was produced before a Jashore court which sent him to jail. Also read: Why journalist Kajol should not be granted bail, HC asks

The Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) struggled to provide treatment to increasing number of patients causing acute suffering to the treatment seekers amid the coronavirus outbreak.