Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Executive Editor of Bangladesh's leading daily Prothom Alo, Sajjad Sharif, on Friday said that miscreants vandalised and set fire to the media house, forcing journalists to flee the office and halting publication of the newspaper and its online platform.

Speaking to ANI on the incident, Sharif said the attack took place late last night while journalists were working on the next day's newspaper and online content. He said the incident followed public anger after the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, described as one of the stewards of last year's uprising.

"There was anger in society, and miscreants diverted that anger towards demolishing newspapers. They attacked us, our journalists were scared to death and had to flee the...