press freedom in bangladesh
All-out support for media to save environment
The government will ensure full support and protection for journalists who strive to do authentic environmental journalism, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat said yesterday.
Bangladesh Bank has to provide info that people have right to know: Arafat
Bangladesh Bank will have to provide all information that public has a right to know, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mohammad Ali Arafat, said today
Press freedom index: Bangladesh falls 2 spots, only Afghanistan worse in South Asia
The country was ranked 165th among 180 nations, placing it only above Afghanistan among South Asian countries
World Press Freedom Day 2024 / Column by Mahfuz Anam: Has Bangladesh gained anything by a restrictive press?
The latest Bangladesh Bank restriction on journalists is anti-democratic, anti-free press and anti-public interest.
A perplexing decision by Bangladesh Bank
Who will gain from its restrictions on media access?
Flowery rhetoric on CSA cannot redeem it
High Court judge’s comments a wake-up call for CSA proponents
End impunity for killing journalists
Bangladesh authorities must protect journalists, expedite trial of all murder cases
When will those 48 hours end?
Our legal system has failed Sagar-Runi’s families
Could Nadim’s life have been saved?
Stop normalising threats faced by journalists in Bangladesh
UN Rights Commissioner thinks no press freedom in Bangladesh, Momen disagrees
UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet today discussed various aspects of human rights in Bangladesh including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, shrinking of media freedom and civil society. She also opined that there is no press freedom in Bangladesh.
Don't let technicalities get in the way of free press
The government should empower newspapers, not clip their wings
Journalism under siege on digital front
Journalism in Bangladesh is under siege on the digital front, beginning from surveillance to draconian laws.
Bangladeshi journalists face violence from police, political activists, militants: RSF
The annual report of the global media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (also known as Reporters Sans Frontières), which was published yesterday (May 3, 2022), has commended “a certain editorial independence” maintained by The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.
Requesting the SC to recall its ‘request’
The reason we say that this “request” couldn’t have come from our Supreme Court judges is that the implication of the “request” is nothing short of death for court reporting. It will lead to shrouding of the judicial process and whatever goes on in the courts into the darkness of night forever depriving it of the “light” of public scrutiny.
