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The body of veteran journalist and columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, who went missing on Thursday morning, has been recovered from the Meghna River in Munshiganj.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old\u2019s remains were found floating near Kalagachhia, on the border between Narayanganj and Munshiganj, on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Confirming the matter, Kalagachhia River Police Outpost officer-in-charge Saleh Ahmed Pathan said that the visual identification \u2014 including clothing and personal items \u2014 matched the description of the missing journalist.<\/p>\n
The body was cross-referenced with a photograph provided by Ramna Police Station, which had recorded a General Diary (GD) after his disappearance.<\/p>\n
Bibhuranjan was last seen leaving his home of Siddheshwari in Dhaka, around 10:00 AM on August 21, telling family he was heading to his office. He was not carrying his mobile phone, and no trace was found during an extensive search.<\/p>\n
His family has been informed and is traveling to Munshiganj for formal identification. The body has been sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for autopsy.<\/p>\n
A prominent voice in Bangladeshi journalism, Sarkar was widely known for his incisive columns and long-standing contribution to print media.<\/p>\n
The media community has expressed shock and grief over the incident. Journalist organizations are urging authorities to conduct a prompt and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Online Report. The body of veteran journalist and columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, who went missing on Thursday morning, has been recovered from the Meghna River in Munshiganj. The 71-year-old\u2019s remains were found floating near Kalagachhia, on the border between Narayanganj and Munshiganj, on Friday afternoon. Confirming the matter, Kalagachhia River Police Outpost officer-in-charge Saleh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-14"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65138,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65136\/revisions\/65138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}