DHAKA: Protesters in Bangladesh on Monday (Nov 25) surrounded the offices of one of the few remaining independent newspapers, Prothom Alo, in the latest mass demonstrations demanding that critical media close. Government security forces guarding the building held off an angry crowd of around 300 people, a day after protesters were pushed back from storming the offices by a barrage of tear gas canisters. The country's largest Bengali-language newspaper faced significant challenges under the