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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?
Killing of a journalist
The brutal murder of Mashiur Rahman Utsho, a brave young newsman, has sent a wave of fear throughout the journalist community.
Tied to tree, journo hacked to death
Unidentified assailants hacked to death a journalist of a local daily, tying him to a tree in an isolated place in Rangpur city on Wednesday night.
Rangpur journo killed, body dumped beside highway
A journalist of a local daily is found dead on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Rangpur city.
Reminiscing Freedom in the Air
Kamal Lohani, the eminent journalist reminisces the Victory Day on December 16, 1971...
Journalist Faruk buried at Azimpur graveyard
Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.
Mohona TV car attacked, journo shot in Raozan
A microbus of private television channel Mohona TV allegedly attacked and a journalist said to have been shot in Chittagong’s Raozan while returning from the burial of top war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, the terror of Raozan who was hanged early today.
Shawkat Mahmud gets ad-interim bail in 2 cases
The High Court grants ad-interim bail to former president of Jatiya Press Club Shawkat Mahmud for six months in two vandalism and arson cases.
Kate Winslet to play World War journalist?
Actress Kate Winslet is in talks to star in a feature film about model-turned-war journalist Elizabeth "Lee" Miller.
New contempt of court law soon: Minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq says government will take initiative to pass a bill on fresh contempt of court law in the parliament soon.
Sumit Sen, editor of Times of India, Kolkata, passes away
Sumit Sen, Editor of The Times of India, Kolkata, passed away on Sunday night after a brave battle with cancer. He was 60.