Appellate Divn upholds HC order

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed the government not to disturb the Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and two others till January 3 in a defamation case against them.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice SK Sinha passed the order upon a leave to appeal petition filed by the government against the High Court order.
AL LEADER TO SUE
Meanwhile, an Awami League leader will file a defamation case today against these three accused for publishing the news.
Advocate Abdul Malek alias Moshiur Rahman, president of Bangabandhu Foundation, yesterday told The Daily Star that he will file the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.