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Shahriar Kabir placed on 7- day remand
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 detained from Mymensingh border
Journalists Mozammel Babu, Shyamal Dutta and two other persons were detained while trying to enter India illegally through Dhobaura border in Mymensingh today
INTERVIEW / "It's the start of a conversation": Journalist Kavita Puri on producing a podcast series on the Bengal famine
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.
News report / Eminent author, journalist Gita Mehta passes away
Mehta also directed the documentary film Dateline Bangladesh based on her time stationed in Bangladesh during the war.
4 books that explore press freedom
Here are four books that explore the stories of journalists, and the issues surrounding press freedom.
Journalists condemn Salahuddin's remarks
Journalists condemned Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin for his untoward remarks about journalists and their families on Tuesday.
Journalist Rashel Mahmud publishes book after eight years
"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.
Journalists shouldn’t be jailed for “what they write”: UN chief’s spokesman on Zubair’s arrest in India
Journalists should not be jailed for “what they write, what they tweet and what they say” and it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat of any harassment, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said.
Tk 10 lakh fine for journalists' ‘illegal activity’?
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?
Allegation against Rehman totally false: Wife
Taleya Rehman, wife of journalist Shafik Rehman, said the allegation brought against her husband is totally baseless and fictitious.
Hope Imran will understand now: Quader
Claiming that the arrest of Shafik Rehman was made based on specific allegations, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said it had nothing to do with him being a journalist.
Fakhrul demands cancellation of Rehman’s remand
Terming the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman “inhuman”, BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands Rehman’s immediate release after cancelling his remand.
Bangladesh cops arrest journalist Shafik Rehman
A Dhaka court yesterday placed senior journalist Shafik Rehman on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and
Shafik Rehman - who is he?
Shafik Rehman became a household name after he launched the weekly Jai Jai Din in the mid-1980s.
Editors Guild of India concerned over lawsuits against Star editor
The Editors Guild of India expresses its deep concern at the barrage of criminal defamation and sedition cases filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of Bangladesh’s The Daily Star and a columnist of several Indian newspapers.
Newspaper owners must pay staff’s income tax: SC
The Supreme Court upholds a wage board provision that instructs the owners of newspapers and news agencies to pay the income tax of their employees.
Keeping media out, trial on
A Narayanganj courtroom was made off limits to journalists as the recording of witness testimonies began in the seven-murder trial yesterday. Referring to a “court directive”, the public prosecutor and counsels for the accused said journalists cannot attend the proceedings. Police then asked the newsmen to leave the courtroom.
Journo leader Altaf Mahmood dies
Altaf Mahmud, president of the pro-Awami League faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka.
Journo held with firearms sent to jail
A Mymensingh court sends two men including a journalist to jail, a day after they were arrested with firearms and sharp weapons in the district town.