| Twenty-two journalists -- 16 based in Sylhet, five in Barguna and one in Dhaka --received death threats apparently from Islamist militants yesterday. In the northeastern city of Sylhet, 17 journalists including one based in Dhaka received separate letters containing copies of a death threat yesterday from unknown source. The letters distributed by the divisional headquarters’ main post office asked the recipients to get ready to face death within a month. The threat under the heading ’Beware: Death Notice’ reads, "You journalists, who love the British high commissioner, Suranjit Sengupta, Mayor Badruddin Ahmed Kamran and the shrine [of Hajrat Shahjalal], are the enemies of Islam. Get ready -- you will have to die within a month." A smoking gun is drawn below the message. In the southern district of Barguna, Islamist zealots yesterday sent a death letter to Prothom Alo District Correspondent M Jasim Uddin for exposing their military training and the recent arrest of 33 militants during a drill. The letter carried a small piece of burial cloth. Local journalists took out a protest rally in the town yesterday. |