Dhaka, April 4 -- A Dhaka court has sent three men to jail pending trial over charges of assaulting and sexually harassing a female journalist in the capital's Rampura neighbourhood.

The order was issued by Magistrate Md Sefatullah of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The accused - Shoaib Rahman Jisan, Raisul Islam and Kausar Hossain - were denied bail after state prosecutors opposed their release.

All three were later sent to jail, said Sub-Inspector Abul Kalam Azad of the Rampura Police Station's Women and Children Prosecution Department.

The case drew public attention after the journalist took to Facebook last Wednesday, describing an incident in which a group of young men allegedly harassed her near her ho...