Bangladesh, Feb. 9 -- Dhakas leading English-language newspaper The Daily Star has been accused of child abuse, while according to media reports, its Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haq, and his wife Tania Khondokar are in prison in connection to mysterious death of their housemaid named Priti Urang.

According to the case document, on February 6, 2024, housemaid Priti Urang fell from the ninth floor of a residential building in Mohammadpur area in the capital. She had been working for almost two years at the residence of the executive editor of the Daily Star, Syed Ashfaqul Haq.

A similar incident occurred at Ashfaqul Haqs house last year on August 6. A nine-year-old domestic worker was seriously injured after falling. Allegations of tor...