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
17 more cases filed against Star editor
Seventeen more cases including six sedition pleas are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in 17 districts.
8 more cases filed against Star editor
Twelve more lawsuits are filed in Dhaka and eight other districts against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for publishing reports based on information supplied by the DGFI during caretaker government regime in 2007.
Lawyer seeks to sue Star editor for sedition
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered police to seek permission from the government for investigating a sedition charge brought by a lawyer against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
Cops asked to find whether Star editor can be charged for sedition
Dhaka court orders cops to conduct an inquiry into an allegation of sedition brought against Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam by a lawyer after taking the permission from the government. Two defamation cases were filed in Cox’s Bazar and Gopalganj.
Ruling party MP criticises Star editor
Awami League lawmaker Fazilatun Nasa Bappy last night demanded arrest and trial of The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam for “bringing about the 1/11 political
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Seven lawmakers have demanded in the parliament The Daily Star be closed and its editor, Mahfuz Anam, be tried for treason. With banners showing
Gen Moeen goes public on politics
One of the accusations made against The Daily Star and its editor in parliament last Sunday was that we had encouraged the army's involvement in politics. We want to state categorically that we never stood in support of anything but democracy.
Mistakes Versus Crimes: The Daily Star's Ordeal
It is only in the hyper-polarised political environment of Bangladesh that an article published eight years earlier...
Clamouring for revenge?
As an overseas reader of TDS, I am puzzled by the controversy that has been created over the admission of an error of editorial judgement made more than half a decade ago by Mr. Mahfuz Anam.
BCL leaders file 2 defamation cases against Daily Star editor
A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader files a Tk 50-crore defamation case against The Daily Star editor for publishing reports based on information given by DGFI which allegedly tarnished the image of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina. Meanwhile, a local BCL leader files another Tk 1-crore defamation case in Khulna on the same charge.