BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands immediate release of Shafik Rehman.

Seven hours into his arrest, Shafik Rehman, a pro-BNP intellectual, is placed on a five-day remand in a case filed for alleged attempts to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Detectives allegedly pick up journalist Probir Sikdar, editor of an online news portal, from his Indira Road office in Dhaka.