ATTACKS on and harassment of journalists are reported to have surged, especially beginning with February after such incidents came down that had a worrying increase since August 2024, when the prime minister Sheikh Hasina was deposed in a mass uprising and an interim government assumed office three days later. Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra data report that...
Attacks on journalists increased sharply beginning in February. International rights groups on March 21 urged the government to protect the freedom of expression and opinion.
The founder of a Pakistani internet media channel appeared in court on Friday on charges of 鈥榓nti-state posts and fake news鈥� under toughened legislation targeting online content.
One of the accused in a case over rape of a female journalist at a construction site at Barontek 鈥楪reen City鈥� area in the capital鈥檚 Pallabi, made a confessional statement regarding the rape incident before a Dhaka court on Wednesday...
A female journalist and a girl were allegedly raped in Dhaka and Rajshahi between Monday and Tuesday.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said nine people, including journalists, were killed in Israeli strikes in the north Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a 鈥榖latant violation鈥� of the fragile ceasefire...
Suspended superintendent of police SM Fazlul Haque assaulted several video journalists on the premises of a Natore court on Tuesday...
Former judge of Supreme Court鈥檚 appellate division AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and retired rear admiral Mohammad Sohail have been interrogated in the journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case...
A journalist has been beaten by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader in Thakurgaon over publishing a report on extortion...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started the scrutiny of allegations of suspicious transactions in bank accounts of 24 journalists, including the Daily Bhorer Kagoj editor Shaymal Dutta.
Last year was the deadliest for journalists in recent history, with at least 124 reporters killed 鈥� and Israel responsible for nearly 70 per cent of that total, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported Wednesday...
THE unresolved murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, found dead in their flat at Pashchim Rajabazar in Dhaka on February 11, 2012, is one of the many cases that have created a public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League regime. As the investigation agency failed to submit the...
Today marks the 13th anniversary of the brutal murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, with investigation agencies still struggling to identify the perpetrators and uncover the motive behind the killing...
AKM Mohsin has been elected as president of the Bangladesh Photojournalist Association and Babul Talukder as its general secretary for 2025-26 term...
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Mohammad Hatem urged the interim government to implement policies discussing with business people and other stakeholders to attract more investment, grow industries, and generate more employment...
Jubiadul Haque Robin and Naeem Ahmed Shuvo have been elected president and general secretary of the SUST Press Club, a platform for journalists covering the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...
Sangbadpatre July Obhyutthan, a compilation of the front page of 25 leading newspapers of the country during the July mass uprising by journalist Ahammad Foyez was launched at a programme at the Bangla Academy seminar room in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday...
At least three journalists were injured in an attack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists on the Supreme Court premises...
THE assault on four journalists near the deputy commissioner鈥檚 office in Shariatpur by miscreants is alarming. The attack, reportedly in retaliation for news exposing medical negligence in a local hospital, highlights the growing hostility towards the press and the lack of security of journalists, especially those who work in districts. Witnesses say that...
Four Shariatpur-based journalists were injured in an attack by a group of miscreants in front of the deputy commissioner鈥檚 office in the district town on Monday reportedly for publishing news over the negligence of doctors at a hospital...
THE tragic murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi on February 11, 2012, remain one of the darkest chapters in Bangladesh鈥檚 recent history. More than a decade later, the investigation into their deaths continues to drag on, with the submission of the probe report now postponed for the 115th time as of January 27, 2025. This...
THE unresolved murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi is one of the many cases that contributed to public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League government. The couple was found dead in their flat in Dhaka on February 11, 2012. As the investigation agency failed to...
Pakistan criminalised online disinformation on Tuesday, passing legislation dictating punishments of up to three years in jail and prompting journalist protests accusing the government of quashing dissent...
Over 360 media workers were behind bars in the final month of 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported on Thursday, highlighting China and Israel as jailing the highest number....
Politicians and journalists at a human chain in Dhaka on Wednesday demanded the retrial into the case of killing of freedom fighter and Ekushey Padak-winning journalist Manik Chandra Saha...
The 21st anniversary of the death of Manik Chandra Saha, a freedom fighter and Ekushey Padak-winning journalist, will be observed today...
Veteran journalist and senior member of the Jatiya Press Club Aminul Islam Bedu died of old-age complications at a hospital in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Sunday morning. He was 84...
Speakers including development professionals, academics and journalists at an event on Sunday said that development journalism was not meant for producing 鈥榩ositive stories鈥� as part of any power quarters鈥� propaganda, but for holding them accountable to the people...
India鈥檚 media watchdog has demanded a thorough investigation after a journalist鈥檚 battered body was found stuffed in a septic tank covered with concrete.
A Palestinian TV channel affiliated with a militant group said five of its journalists were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in Gaza, with Israel鈥檚 military saying it had targeted a 鈥榯errorist cell鈥�.