Bangladesh journalist’s body found in lake hours after cryptic posts on death

Dhaka: Sarah Rahanuma, a journalist with a private television channel, was found floating in lake in the capital Dhaka early on Wednesday.

Sarah Rahanuma was a journalist with a private television channel in Bangladesh. (Supplied photo)

Passers-by spotted Rahanuma, 32, in the lake after midnight and rushed her to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared her dead.

Rahanuma was the newsroom editor of GTV and she was found at Hatirjheel Lake, police officials said.