Dhaka, May 3 -- Media workers have formed a human chain with their faces covered in black cloth to protest the ban on journalists entering courtrooms at the Supreme Court.

They said they would boycott all news from the country's top court if the ban was not lifted immediately.

The Supreme Court Reporters Forum (SRF) held the programme in front of the main gate of the Supreme Court from 12:45pm to 1:20pm on Sunday.

Since Jan 7, media workers have not been allowed to enter courtrooms of the Appellate Division and various benches of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.

For decades, media workers had gathered news by freely entering the Appellate Division courtroom. But since Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury took office as chief justice,...