Bangladesh journalist charged over story about rising food prices

Shamsuzzaman Shams was taken from his home at 4am and accused of spreading false news' over article about cost of living crisis

Bangladesh police on Wednesday charged a reporter from a leading newspaper with producing false news", stoking fears about media freedom, after an article about high food prices went viral.

Shamsuzzaman Shams was picked up from his home in the industrial town of Savar just outside Dhaka at about 4am by plainclothes police, according to his newspaper, Prothom Alo.