Bangladesh shuts down main opposition newspaper

Campaigners fear media crackdown under PM Sheikh Hasina after suspension order upheld

The only newspaper of Bangladesh's main opposition party has stopped publishing after a government suspension order was upheld, stoking fears about media freedom in the south Asian nation.

Campaigners and foreign governments including the US have long expressed worries about efforts by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to silence criticism and what they see as creeping authoritarianism.