Dhaka, Oct. 20 -- Amid the uproar on social media surrounding the death of an employee at the recently launched online news portal Dhaka Stream, five prominent women activists have written a letter to the organisation's editor-in-chief asking several specific questions.

The letter explicitly sought to know what steps the organisation had taken following an allegation of "sexual harassment" against Altaf Shahnewaz, Bangla Content Editor of the portal, and what the outlet had claimed in its public statement.

The letter, addressed to Dhaka Stream Editor-in-Chief Golam Iftekhar Mahmud, was signed by Rehnuma Ahmed, Gitiara Nasreen, Mirza Taslima Sultana, researcher and activist Saydia Gulrukh, and Samina Lutfa.

They identified themselves as...