Manik Chandra Saha

Saha became a journalist in 1984.^[6] He joined the BBC Bangla service as a stringer in 1994.^[6] In 2000, he was the Khulna Division correspondent of Ekushey Television.^[6]

Saha was the Khulna correspondent of the Daily New Age and a stringer of BBC Bangla.^[2] He was a staff correspondent of the Daily Sangbad.^[6] He is a former president of Khulna Press Club.^[6] He was a member of the Khulna District Bar Association.^[6] He was the vice-chairman of the Khulna South Herald School.^[6] He was the president of Khulna unit of Amnesty International.^[7]

Saha had fears about his safety and had sought safety from Bazlur Rahman, editor of Sangbad.^[8] Saha attended a program of the Khulna City unit of Awami League after which he headed to the Khulna Press Club.^[9] Saha was killed in an explosion after a bomb was thrown at him in front of Khulna Press Club in Khulna.^[2][9] Prime Minister Khaleda Zia expressed her condolences.^[10] Former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition, Sheikh Hasina, condemned his assassination.^[11] His colleague, Humayun Kabir Balu, who was protesting his death was assassinated five months later by the Purbo Banglar Communist Party.^[9][12] He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2009.^[13]

On 1 December 2016, nine individuals were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Saha.^[5] Of the 14 accused in the murder case, two were acquitted and three were killed in shootouts with law enforcement agencies.^[5] The family expressed dissatisfaction with the verdict as they had hoped for the death penalty and were unhappy about the financiers of the attack not being identified in court.^[14]