Statement from The Daily Star

A press briefing was held today about a legal notice served on The Daily Star on a satirical article published on May 13, 2023.

In response, we want to state that we have indeed received the said legal notice dated June 5, 2023, from the Lex Counsel late in the afternoon of June 6, 2023, and it allows us only 2 days to respond. We will publish our response within that time.

We, however, want to point out that our piece was termed a "report" or a "column" at the press briefing. This is factually incorrect. It was a satirical piece, which is a globally accepted and common practice in journalism, on an issue of urgent public concern, and that too was published in our designated weekly satirical page titled "Satireday."

Editor & Publisher, The Daily Star