Dhaka, Dec. 19 -- At least 25 journalists of The Daily Star have been rescued from their office more than four hours after a mob swooped on the newspaper office in Dhaka's Kawran Bazar.

The angry crowd descended on the English-language daily's office around 12am on Friday.

The first attack came on Bengali-language daily Prothom Alo, where the crowd had gone chanting slogans against what they said "Indian aggression". The crowd vandalised the office before setting it on fire around 12am.

The rescue of The Daily Star journalists took place around 4am on Friday.

Attackers first vandalised the ground and first floors of the newspaper's office before setting it on fire at about 12:30am. The blaze quickly engulfed two floors, sending a huge...