Bangladesh SC punishes two journalists on contempt charge

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday punished two senior journalists of a leading Bangla daily on contempt charges over publishing an article relating to a 1971 war criminal who was sentenced to death.

The court found Editor Atikullah Khan Masud and Executive Editor Swadesh Roy of daily 'Janakantha' guilty for carrying an article involving the appeal hearing of 1971 war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury who was sentenced to death.