The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for eight weeks in 10 cases.

A Pabna court on Thursday summoned The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam to appear before it on March 24 in a defamation case.

A court in Narayanganj on Tuesday issued warrant of arrest against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam after a lawyer brought libel charge for reports published during the 2007-2008 caretaker government regime based on information given by Taskforce Interrogation Cell (TFIC).