Dhaka, April 2 -- Foreign Ministry said no journalists were arrested in Bangladesh due to reporting on the cost of living.

"Many media have been continuously reporting on the cost of living everyday in Bangladesh since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war which has created global rise of cost of living. No one is arrested due to such reporting," the ministry said in a statement in the city on Saturday .

The ministry said that it has been brought to the notice of the government that few international media and institutions are claiming that a journalist in Bangladesh, named Shamsuzzaman, has been arrested as he wrote about 'cost of living in Bangladesh'.

"This information is totally false and fabricated. This journalist was arrested ...