Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- A Dhaka court has allowed the police to question in custody The Daily Star's Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker over the death of a domestic worker.

Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman approved a four-day custody of the couple after Sub-Inspector Nazmul Hasan of Mohammadpur Police Station produced them in court and sought a 10-day custody on Tuesday.

Sub-Inspector Helal Uddin of court police's general recording wing said lawyers Ashok Kumar Biswas, Chaitanya Chandra Halder and Ashraf Ul Alam filed a bail plea and sought cancellation of the remand order.

The court passed the remand order after hearing arguments of the defence and the prosecution.

Helal said the defendants also spoke at...