2 journos convicted for publishing false info

DSA case

A Dhaka tribunal today convicted two journalists in a DSA case filed over publishing false and defamatory information.
The convicts are SM Morshed, editor of the weekly Aparadh Bichitra, and its senior reporter Ezaz Rahman.
Judge AM Julfiker Hayet of the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka delivered the verdict in the presence of the two at the courtroom, Mamun Sikder, stenographer of the tribunal told The Shuttle Times.
According to the judgement, Morshed was fined Tk 2 lakh, in default of which he had to serve six months imprisonment, while Ezaz was fined Tk 1 lakh, defaulting he had to serve three months in jail.