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...
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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...
Violence against journalists must end
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 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鈥檚 office in the district town on Monday reportedly for publishing news over the negligence of doctors at a hospital...
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...
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 鈥榩ositive stories鈥� as part of any power quarters鈥� propaganda, but for holding them accountable to the people...
104 journalists killed in 2024, over half in Gaza
This year has been 鈥榩articularly deadly鈥� for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, the International Federation of Journalists said Tuesday...
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...
Ensure safety, security of journalists, women rights defenders: workshop
Speakers at a workshop in Dhaka on Wednesday urged the government to ensure digital safety and security for journalists and women human rights defenders...
300 Afghan reporters suffer rights breaches under Taliban: UN
More than 300 Afghan journalists have suffered rights breaches since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, a United Nations report said Tuesday, documenting dozens of cases of torture and arbitrary arrest...
Prioritising child labour issues on reform agenda stressed
Speakers, including journalists, emphasised that the interim government, formed following the recent student-led July-August mass uprising, must prioritise child labour issues on its reform agenda...
BFIU seeks info on bank details of 10 journalists
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Sunday summoned bank account details of 11 people, including 10 journalists...
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鈥檚 expectations borne out of the student-mass uprising...
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.
UNESCO tracks surge in journalist killings
Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, UN cultural body UNESCO said in a report Saturday, with almost all cases going unpunished...
Lebanon complains to UN over Israel strike on journalists
Lebanon said Monday it had submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council over an Israeli strike last week that killed three journalists in the country鈥檚 south...
Journalists asked to report harassment cases filed since July 1
The government on Sunday called upon the journalists to send information with proof about harassment cases filed against them since July 1...
Israel鈥檚 war on journalism
THERE are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in luxury hotels. They go on dog and pony shows orchestrated by the Israeli military. They can, on rare occasions, be escorted by Israeli soldiers on lightning visits to Gaza, where they are shown alleged weapons caches or tunnels the military says are used by Hamas...
Citizens demand fair investigation, end to violence in CHT
Citizens including writers, artists, teachers, journalists and rights activists in separate statements on Wednesday demanded fair investigation into recent violence that took place in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
RUB VC exchanges views with journalists
The vice-chancellor of Rabindra University, Bangladesh, Professor SM Hassan Talukder held a view-exchange meeting with journalists at the academic building of the university in Sirajganj on Wednesday...
Afghan media says abuses rising
Afghan journalists have reported hundreds of cases of abuses by government officials, including torture and arbitrary detention, as well as tightening censorship since the Taliban authorities returned to power...
Last respect paid to journalist leader Gazi
Journalist leader Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists faction and chief reporter of The Daily Sangram, a Bengali daily, was buried at his village in Chandpur on Wednesday...