Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Bangladeshi journalist Anis Alamgir, known for covering the Iraq war from Baghdad, has been arrested by the country's Detective Branch (DB) police. He is also a former President of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association Bangladesh (DCAB), a journalists' organisation.

On Sunday evening, while Anis Alamgir was working out at a gym in Dhaka, DB police took him into custody and brought him to their Dhaka office. He was interrogated overnight on Sunday and into Monday afternoon, and was officially shown as arrested in a case on Monday, local media reported.

A Dhaka court has granted police five days to question senior journalist Anis Alamgir in an anti-terror case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam i...