It began in May last year, when I learnt that members of a law enforcement agency in Bangladesh were investigating my background and my family’s political affiliations.
Throughout this year, over 150 broadcast journalists lost their jobs, said a survey by Broadcast Journalist Centre (BJC) released yesterday
A Dhaka court yesterday placed senior journalists Shyamal Dutta and Mozammel Babu, and Shahriar Kabir, former president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, on a seven-day remand in two murder cases.
Journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta and two other persons were detained while trying to enter India illegally through Dhobaura border in Mymensingh today
In the latest documentary podcast series “Three Million”, journalist Kavita Puri seeks to answer this haunting question: “How do three million people just disappear?” by talking to some of the last surviving witnesses, including Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
Mehta also directed the documentary film Dateline Bangladesh based on her time stationed in Bangladesh during the war.
Here are four books that explore the stories of journalists, and the issues surrounding press freedom.
Journalists condemned Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin for his untoward remarks about journalists and their families on Tuesday.
"The first book I had published comprised a short story. My second book of short stories came out 14 years after that", the writer said.
There are already laws in place for newspapers and journalists. Why did the Press Council, then, take the initiative to amend the Press Council Act 1974, keeping provision to impose a fine of up to Tk 10 lakh? Is it not their obligation to protect the interests of journalists?
We are saddened to hear that senior journalist Mr Mahfuz Ullah has passed away. He breathed his last in a hospital in Thailand on Saturday (April 27, 2019) morning at the age of 69.
A Manikganj correspondent of private satellite channel Desh TV remains missing for the last 11 days, his family claims.
Every five days, on average, somewhere in the world, a journalist is murdered for being a journalist. Nine out of ten times, no one is prosecuted, creating an atmosphere of impunity that extends beyond death threats or violence.
Journalist and columnist Kazi Siraj dies of cardiac failure at the age of 70.
Law Minister Anisul Huq says no innocent journalist would be harassed under Section 57 of ICT Act even someone was booked under the law.
Eminent journalist Syed Fahim Munaim, who died yesterday, will be buried at Banani graveyard in the capital tomorrow.
Police have claimed that journalist Shafik Rehman disclosed names of three people involved in the alleged plot to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Rehman came up with the names when he was interrogated during his remand, a DMP official said.
The BNP yesterday alleged that journalist Shafik Rehman was arrested and taken on remand because of a Facebook status of the prime
Three television media journalists have been attacked allegedly by Awami League men while covering vote rigging in Brahmanbaria Sadar.
