Desk Report,
Five journalists martyred in line of duty
Journalist Md. Mehedi Hasan lived in a one-room rented house in Keraniganj, Dhaka, with his wife and two daughters. Every night, his wife and two daughters would wait for him to return home.
Five journalists martyred in line of duty
They had been waiting for Mehedi to return since the evening of July 18 last year. But earlier that afternoon, his chest was pierced by police bullets in the capital’s Jatrabari area. Doctors declared him dead after taking him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Mehedi worked as a reporter for the online news outlet Dhaka Times Twenty-Four.com. He had gone to Jatrabari that day to gather news.
Five journalists, including Mehedi, were martyred while performing their professional duties during the July uprising. Three of them were martyred in the capital Dhaka; one in Sylhet, and another in Habiganj. Among them, Mehedi Hasan was martyred in Jatrabari, Shakil Hossain in Uttara, and Tahir Zaman in Dhanmondi.
Apart from this, journalist Abu Taher Md. Turab was martyred while performing his professional duties in Sylhet city and Sohel Akhanji was martyred in Baniachang, Habiganj.
According to the government gazette, 844 people were martyred across the country in the July uprising. The list includes the names of five martyred journalists.
Journalist Md. Mehedi Hasan lived in a one-room rented house in Keraniganj, Dhaka, with his wife and two daughters. Every night, his wife and two daughters would wait for him to return home.
They had been waiting for Mehedi to return since the evening of July 18 last year. But earlier that afternoon, his chest was pierced by police bullets in the capital’s Jatrabari area. Doctors declared him dead after taking him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Mehedi worked as a reporter for the online news outlet Dhaka Times Twenty-Four.com. He had gone to Jatrabari that day to gather news.
Five journalists, including Mehedi, were martyred while performing their professional duties during the July uprising. Three of them were martyred in the capital Dhaka; one in Sylhet, and another in Habiganj. Among them, Mehedi Hasan was martyred in Jatrabari, Shakil Hossain in Uttara, and Tahir Zaman in Dhanmondi.
Apart from this, journalist Abu Taher Md. Turab was martyred while performing his professional duties in Sylhet city and Sohel Akhanji was martyred in Baniachong, Habiganj.
According to the government gazette, 844 people were martyred across the country in the July mass uprising. The list includes the names of five martyred journalists.
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