Journalist arrested in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNI) The Bangladesh Army arrested Bengali daily ''Janakantha'' editor and businessman Atiqullah Khan Masud from his office here tonight.

Earlier, the army-led joint forces arrested Managing Director of private television channel NTV Enayetur Rahim. Later he was sent to Dhaka central jail.

Although the authorities did not disclose the reasons behind their arrests, it is believed that corruption could be one of the reasons.

Since the promulgation of the state of emergency, the interim government has rounded up more than 40 former ministers, MPs and businessmen on charges of corruption and abuse of power as part of its ''anti-corruption drive''.

UNI