Outdoor Dhaka, activists even targeted the publication’s office in the city of Rajshahi, and marched through the streets of the port town of Chittagong.
It follows protests earlier this month that precise Dhaka’s English-language Daily Star.
Protester Alif Bin Labib Shuvo, 20, a scholar injured during anti-Hasina demonstrations in July, alleged that both Prothom Alo and the Daily Star seek to “destabilise” Bangladesh.
” If they do n’t change their current strategy, they should be closed”, said Mir Farhad, 35, another protester.
Muhammad Yunus, the interval leader, has consistently argued that he wants the media to be free.
Hundreds of journalists are facing police inquiries in evident retribution for their previous work, according to press watchdogs, many of whom were perceived by critics as supporting Hasina when she was in energy.
At least four are in prison, accused of inciting the shooting of protesters in the weeks before Hasina’s death.
According to Reporters Without Borders, 140 journalists are facing” organized criminal abuse” from the police.
This” critical moment in the government’s history,” the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists urged reforms this month to maintain press freedom.