Govt confiscates Eid issue of Shaptahik 2000

The government has proscribed the Eid Issue of the Shaptahik 2000 and confiscated all its copies for publishing an autobiographical write-up hurting religious sentiments of the public. "The government has banned circulation, sale, full or partial reprint, publishing or preservation of all copies of Shaptahik 2000 (year 10, edition 19, Eid Issue 2007) under Section 99-Ka of Criminal Act-1898", a government announcement said Friday. At the same time, the government has issued directive for the seizure of all copies of the weekly magazine which ran an autobiographical write up titled 'Sutanti Shomachar'. Poet Daud Haider, who lives in Germany, has written this piece which allegedly contains some remarks that may hurt people's religious sentiments. Meanwhile, the management of the weekly has apologised for publishing this article 'inadvertently'. — UNB