Workshop on women journalists in media leadership roles held
A three-day intensive workshop organised for 20 young aspirant women journalists concluded in Gazipur on Tuesday...
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Journalists鈥� minimum wage within a week: info adviser
Information adviser Mahfuz Alam on Sunday said that the minimum wage for journalists would be finalised within a week with the aim of paying entry-level journalists close to the government officials鈥� ninth grade which is Tk聽22,000...
Israel court postpones Gaza access
An organisation representing international media in Israel and the Palestinian territories expressed disappointment Thursday after Israel鈥檚 top court postponed its hearing on granting journalists independent access to Gaza...
Life on Conscience
EARLIER today we arranged a video conference with doctors in Gaza. It was very emotional for all of us on board Conscience. Both for the bravery of the people still providing services, as well as the knowledge of the cruelty they were facing. Dr Hanne Bosselaers on board Conscience broke down as she saw her former colleagues describing the attacks on the hospital...
Commonwealth Youth Awards introduces new category for media freedom
The Commonwealth Youth Awards have introduced a new category this year to recognise young journalists and communicators whose work contributes to advancing democracy, peace and community development through fearless reporting and creativity...
Russian House聽hosts photo聽exhibition
A daylong solo exhibition showcasing photographs by Russian photojournalist Andrei Stenin was held at the Russian House in Dhaka to observe the International Day of Journalists鈥� Solidarity.
100 news organisations urge US not to slash journalist visas
More than 100 international media groups and industry bodies urged Washington on Thursday not to slash the time foreign journalists can stay in the United States, saying the planned change would hurt its image abroad.
EC to review media guidelines for fair polls
The election commission on Thursday said that it would review and, if needed, amend the guidelines for journalists as their cooperation was crucial for transparent elections...
Betrayal of Palestinian journalists
THERE are two types of war correspondents. The first type does not attend press conferences. They do not beg generals and politicians for interviews. They take risks to report from combat zones. They send back to their viewers or readers what they see, which is almost always diametrically opposed to official narratives. This first type, in every war, is a tiny minority...
International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza
More than 250 media outlets in over 70 countries staged a front page protest Monday highlighting the deaths of scores of journalists in Israel鈥檚 war against Hamas in Gaza, the Reporters Without Borders media freedom group said.
Journalists must be allowed to work freely: discussion
Speakers at a discussion in Khulna on Saturday stressed that journalists must be allowed to work freely to shape the country鈥檚 future.
Trump moves to limit US stays of students, journalists
President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration moved Thursday to impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in the United States, the latest bid to tighten legal immigration in the country.
Families of 5 martyred journalists cry for justice
Families of the five journalists, killed during the past year鈥檚 July mass uprising, said that justice for the martyrs seemed elusive as there had been no progress in the process even after a year since the uprising...
BJWT honours journalists killed, injured in uprising
The Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Sunday honoured the families of martyred journalists and those who were injured during the July uprising past year...
Case filed over attack on journalists at Muradnagar
A case has been filed with Muradnagar police station over the recent attack on journalists during a political clash at Muradnagar in Cumilla...
Fair wage, security for univ journalists sought
Journalists covering different universities for the country鈥檚 media outlets should get fair wages and security, speakers said at a discussion on Sunday...
JKKNIU Journalists Assoc holds Uprising photo exhibition
On the occasion of Kazi Nazrul Islam鈥檚 birth anniversary, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Journalists Association organised a two-day long July Uprising photo exhibition...
Six journalists hurt in attack on DRU
A case was filed on Thursday over an attack carried out allegedly by a collaborator of the Awami League and his supporters on the premises of Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday night...
Journalists can鈥檛 be fired without notice: Mahfuj
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Monday said that there was no scope to fire a journalist from his job without service any notice...
ASK condemns dismissal of 3 journalists
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra on Wednesday condemned incidents of dismissal of three journalists from different media outlets losing their jobs...
Workshop urges accountability to safeguard civic, digital spaces
Civil society actors, human rights defenders and journalists at a workshop in Dhaka on Thursday urged for stronger mechanisms to hold the government accountable in protecting and promoting civic and digital space in the country...
Two journalists attacked in Bogura
A group of unidentified youths beat up two journalists in Bogura city on Sunday.
Govt should effectively deal with threats to journalists
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...
Israeli strikes kill 9 in Gaza
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 SP assaults journalists on Natore court premises
Suspended superintendent of police SM Fazlul Haque assaulted several video journalists on the premises of a Natore court on Tuesday...
124 journalists killed last year: CPJ
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...
Current business policy discourages investment, industrial growth: Hatem
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...
Robin, Shuvo elected SUST Press Club president, secretary
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...
3 journalists injured by BNP activists at SC
At least three journalists were injured in an attack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists on the Supreme Court premises...
