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Four journalists injured in attack for publishing news

Four Shariatpur-based journalists were injured in an attack by a group of miscreants in front of the deputy commissioner’s office in the district town on Monday reportedly for publishing news over the negligence of doctors at a hospital...

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SAGAR-RUNI MURDER CASE: Justice should not be delayed but delivered

THE tragic murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi on February 11, 2012, remain one of the darkest chapters in Bangladesh’s 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...

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Justice in Sagar-Runi, other unresolved cases must

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...

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Pakistan outlaws disinformation with 3-year jail term

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...

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Retrial of journalist Manik Saha killing demanded

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...

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Journalist Aminul Islam Bedu dies

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...

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Holding powerful quarters accountable underscored

Speakers including development professionals, academics and journalists at an event on Sunday said that development journalism was not meant for producing ‘positive stories’ as part of any power quarters’ propaganda, but for holding them accountable to the people...

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Israeli strike kills five journalists in Gaza

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’s military saying it had targeted a ‘terrorist cell’.

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104 journalists killed in 2024, over half in Gaza

This year has been ‘particularly deadly’ for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday...

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Journalist Ershad Majumder laid to rest

Poet and journalist Ershad Majumder was laid to eternal rest at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard at Mirpur in Dhaka on Tuesday...

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Poet Ershad Majumder dies

Poet, translator, researcher and journalist Ershad Majumder died of old age complications while undergoing treatment at Dhaka’s United Hospital Sunday night. He was 84...

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India urged to accept August 5 reality

Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain at a discussion on Sunday said that the relations between Bangladesh and India underwent a qualitative change following the August 5 regime change, and that the change must be acknowledged in order to move the relationship forward...

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Contents should be inspiring: seminar

Speakers including journalists, content creators and media activists at a seminar on Saturday said that contents should be inspiring and that they aimed to entertain audiences instead of mimicking different cultural values...

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Pak journalist probing protest deaths arrested

A Pakistani journalist investigating alleged fatalities during protests in support of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan has been arrested under anti-terror laws, his lawyer said on Thursday.

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Burundi journalist risks 12-year jail term

A journalist in Burundi is at risk of a 12-year jail term over information she shared in a private WhatsApp group, global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said...

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Political parties, groups urged to keep eye on interim govt

Political analysts, academics and journalists on Wednesday urged the democratic political parties and groups to keep a close eye on the interim government for the realisation of the people’s expectations borne out of the student-mass uprising...

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Journalist Molla Jalal sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent former Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists president Molla Jalal to jail in a case filed over kidnapping and attempted rape.