Dhaka, May 12 Journalists demonstrated in front of the National Press Club by blocking traffic on the street on Saturday to protest against Friday's death of a fellow in a road accident.
Hundreds of journalists gathered in front of the club after expressing their last respects to Independent newspaper journalist Bibhash Chandra Saha at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU).
His relatives left the place with the body around 11am for cremation.
His cremation will be held at Rajarbagh Crematory in the afternoon, his brother-in-law S N Bhakta told bdnews24.com.
Bibhash, 45, a senior reporter with English-language daily The Independent, was killed as a bus knocked his motorcycle yards from his workplace in front of Star Kabab Restaurant on Road-2 of Dhanmondi.
Addressing a street rally in front of the Press Club, DRU president Shakhawat Hossain Badshah criticised the government for its failure to take visible steps to improve road safety.
Badshah, who was a member of a committee formed to investigate the death of journalist Dinesh Das in a similar road accident in January, said authorities seemed reluctant to implement recommendations to contain reckless driving by unskilled drivers.
"We've proposed to give driving licences to only those who have passed fifth grade. We demanded an increase of punishment from three years to 10 years in jail for the responsible drivers," he said.
He expressed his anger as the proposals had not been implemented.
Journalist trade union leader Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury urged the government to compensate the family of Bibhash.
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