Following the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka match on November 11, 2026, an incident of attacks on sports journalists took place in the stadium area of Dhaka. While journalists were collecting footage in the mixed zone as players left the stadium in team buses, police obstructed them from collecting footage. During an argument with the police over this, police beat several sports journalists including 71 Television’s sports reporter Hasan Sajib and senior video journalist Mizanur Rahman. Several journalists were injured in this. Allegations have also arisen that police engaged in a tug-of-war with the journalists’ cameras during the incident.
