A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday extended the federal economic intelligence agency's custody of  Bangladeshi businessman PK Halder by another 10 days.  Though the Enforcement Directorate sought another two weeks for "further custodial interrogation" of Halder, the Bankshal court in the eastern Indian city gave the agency  10 more days. Also read: HC to hear rule on bringing PK Halder back on June 12 The federal agency produced Halder and his associates, who were arrested in Bengal on May 13, in the city court after their three-day remand ended on Tuesday. Halder, the former MD of NRB Global Bank, had been on the run since being charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh for money laundering and amassing ill-gotten wealth. Two of his arrested aides have been identified as Pritish Kumar Halder and Pranesh Kumar Halder.  In fact, Halder and his associates were nabbed by the Enforcement Directorate during multiple raids across North and South 24 Parganas districts of Bengal on May 13. Also read: India's federal agency may seek extension of PK Halder's remand "PK Halder has been posing as an Indian citizen by the name of Shibshankar Halder after having managed to fraudulently obtain various government identities...," the agency said in a statement on May 14. The accused, including Halder, managed to float companies in India on the basis of the fraudulent documents, according to the Directorate.

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Prothom Alo senior journalist Rozina Islam, arrested in a case under the Official Secrets Act, to judicial custody after rejecting the police's demand for her five-day remand. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim passed the order after Inspector Arifur Rahman Sardar, the investigating officer in the case, produced the 42-year scribe in the court this morning and sought her remand for custodial interrogation. The court also fixed May 20 for hearing Rozina's bail petition put up by her lawyer Prashanto Kumar Karmakar. Read: Senior journo Rozina produced in court Earlier in the day, Rozina was produced in the court, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Ramna Division) Sazzadur Rahman said. Rozina was arrested for allegedly attempting to illegally “collect sensitive government documents and taking photos of them” from the Secretariat on Monday. The Prothom Alo journalist has rejected all the allegations. "I was, in fact, harassed at the Secretariat," she claimed immediately after her arrest. An FIR was filed against Rozina under the Official Secrets Act and sections 379 and 411 of The Penal Code on a complaint filed by the Health Services Division at Shahbagh police station, said Harun ur Rashid, additional deputy commissioner (Ramna Division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Rozina was handed over to police around 9.45pm on Monday after being held at the Secretariat for over five hours. Maidul Islam Pradhan, senior information officer at the Health Ministry, claimed that she had entered the room of the Private Secretary to the Secretary of Health Services Division between 3pm and 3.30pm “without permission”. Read:Prothom Alo senior reporter Rozina arrested under Official Secrets Act “She took photos of sensitive documents. Some of those were recovered from her by the staff of the Health Ministry, including the PS, Additional Secretary of the Ministry and police constable Mizanur Rahman,” he claimed. Health Secretary Lokman Hossain has refused to comment on the matter. Protest over arrest Dozens of journalists thronged the police station after Rozina was brought there and staged a protest against her harassment on Monday night. Jatiya Press Club President Farida Yasmin wrote on her verified Facebook page that Rozina had fallen sick. She also demanded proper treatment of the journalist. Elias Khan, Secretary of the apex journalist organisation, also condemned the alleged misbehaviour of government employees at the Secretariat with the on-duty journalist. Read:Journalists boycott Health Ministry’s press briefing BSRF Boycott On Tuesday morning, members of the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF) boycotted the Health Ministry's press briefing in protest against Rozina's arrest. The BSRF will hold an emergency meeting over the issue, Shamim Ahmed, general secretary of BSRF, said in a release.