Mahfuz Anam
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An afternoon with the stars
In the heart of Dhaka, where heavy traffic often rules the day, a fresh breeze of excitement and glamour swept through The Daily Star's office. The winners of the Blender's Choice - The Daily Star OTT and Digital Content Awards 2022 graced the premises for a meet and greet, followed by a refreshing after-party, transforming an ordinary day into a joyful celebration.
Repeal DSA, amend all anti-free press laws
The government must either repeal the Digital Security Act-2018 or amend it in such a manner that it does not hamper free media or freedom of expression.
Case under DSA: Prothom Alo has the right to get justice
The High Court yesterday said the Prothom Alo has the right to get justice because it had corrected the mistake it made in an online report on March 26.
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
Mahfuz Anam Writes: In ‘Smart Bangladesh,’ how smart is it to kill our rivers?
As if in vengeance we have been ferociously and relentlessly destroying our rivers in, what can only be termed as, a suicidal streak.
Shahnaz Rahman among top taxpayers
The tax authority yesterday announced Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, and Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman as top taxpayers for fiscal 2021-22.
Mahfuz Anam, Matiur Rahman among top taxpayers
The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam and Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman have been named as the top taxpayers in the journalist category for the seventh consecutive year.
‘Walkman Syndrome’ afflicts the AL and our government
Nothing but their own voices reaches them
Withdraw all cases
Thirty-five eminent citizens yesterday condemned the recent barrage of cases against The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and demanded immediate withdrawal of those.
Star editor faces 6 more lawsuits
Six more cases were filed against The Daily Star editor in six districts yesterday while a judicial magistrate in Magura didn't take a defamation suit against Mahfuz Anam into cognisance.
'Attempt to crush independent media'
It can seem a bit self-righteous when journalists write about the importance of freedom of the press, a bit like a chef celebrating the virtues of a fancy meal or a hairdresser extolling the importance of a new haircut.
Truth making itself felt
The beehive mentality of surpassing each other in ingratiating themselves with the higher ups, if not checked, may hold the system to ransom.
Journos, rights activists want those withdrawn
Journalists and several rights and professional bodies yesterday demanded withdrawal of all cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
35 dignitaries seek withdrawal of cases against Star editor
Thirty-five eminent personalities of the country demand immediate withdrawal of all the cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam a day after nine other eminent citizens expressed grave concern over the filing of more than 50 cases and issuance of summons against Anam.
6 more cases filed against Star editor
Six more cases are filed against The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in six districts raising the total number of lawsuits to 75 against him in as many as 50 out of 65 districts since February 9.
'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh
Without free access to information, backed up by journalists who are willing to dig down and get to the truth, all the other liberties celebrated in democracies are endangered. That's why the world should be worried by the concerted attacks on one of the leading newspaper editors in South Asia, Mahfuz Anam of Bangladesh's Daily Star.
Fakhrul sees crisis of free-thinking
Filing of cases against The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam has proved that the country is facing a crisis of free-thinking, says BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Editors for withdrawal of all cases
The Editor's Council has condemned and protested the filing of cases one after another against The Daily Star editor and the Council's general secretary, Mahfuz Anam.