18 January 2004	Sunday	25 Ziqa'ad 1424

DHAKA, Jan 17: A dawn-to-dusk general strike, called by journalists in Khulna to condemn the murder of one of their colleagues, passed off peacefullyon Saturday.

Unidentified assailants killed Manik, Khulna correspondent of Dhaka-based national daily New Age and stringer for BBC radio, in a bomb attack on Thursday

Another dawn-to-dusk strike called by the main opposition Awami League to protest against Manik's killing will be observed on Sunday throughout the district.

Besides, several journalists in Khulna staged a token hunger strike at a makeshift stage near the press club's south crossing, where Manik was assassinated.

No arrest has so far been made in connection with the murder.