Amar Desh acting editor free on bail after 3½ years

Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman has been released from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur, three-and-a-half years after he was arrested for running an alleged Skype conversation between a war crimes tribunal judge and a Belgium-based legal expert. He was released on bail around 1:10pm on Wednesday, Kashimpur Jail Super Nasir Ahmed told the Dhaka Tribune. The pro-BNP journalist and former energy affairs adviser to opposition leader Khaleda Zia had been in jail since April 2013. He is accused in nearly 80 cases, including one for conspiring to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy.Read More*Police: Mahmudur involved in Joy abduction, killing plot*Mahmudur gets 3-year jail in ACC case*Amar Desh, Diganta, Islamic TV closed for irregularities: Inu