In October 2018, Hosein was arrested as part of a political drive against the dissident publisher in a defamation case filed by a third party with a Rangpur court. Earlier,
Masuda Bhatti, acting editor of Dainik Amader Notun Somoy, filed charges against Hosein for hurling abusive words at her and termed her "characterless" at the live talk show, Ekattor Journal, on government-backed
Ekattor TV. Hosein got bail in the case filed by Bhatti but later, after his bail petition on cases filed by unrelated parties, a Dhaka Court sent Hosein to jail.
The Daily Ittefaq After the death of
Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah on 1 June 1969, the two sons, Mainul Hosein and
Anwar Hossain Manju took charge of the management of
The Daily Ittefaq. The Bangladesh government banned all the newspapers except the government-run newspapers, the
Bangladesh Observer and the
Dainik Bangla, via the News Paper Cancellation Act on 16 June 1975. It also took over the publication of
The Daily Ittefaq and the
Bangladesh Times. Following the assassination of Sheikh Mujib and members of his family in a bloody and brutal coup conducted by few junior active and former military
officers, all private newspapers including
The Daily Ittefaq were returned to their owners on 24 August 1975. In May 2010, an agreement was signed between the two brothers, which gave ownership of Ittefaq's title and goodwill to Manju and his sisters, and Hosein was given the ownership of the building on 1 RK Mission Road. ==Death==