Dhaka, Sept 13 – State Minister for Information Tarana Halim on Thursday told Parliament that the BNP-Jamaat clique is operating around 300 Facebook pages from abroad to spread rumours and false information to tarnish the image of the government, ministers…
The government has directed all the news media, including print media and news agencies, to provide dearness allowance to their staff, including journalists and other employees, under the 9th wage board.
Washington, Sept 8 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump says he can identify up to five people who could have written the anonymous New York Times opinion piece criticizing his leadership.
Bangkok, 7 Sept. 2018 (Prerna Bomzan) – At a joint-stocktake session of the Bangkok climate talks held on Sept 6 to assess progress on the work to produce a negotiating text for guidelines to implement the Paris Agreement (PA), developing countries called…
An unnamed senior Trump official has said members of the administration are working to frustrate parts of the president’s agenda to protect the country from his “worst inclinations”. In a New York Times editorial, the author said President Trump’s “amorality”…
Dhaka, Sept 3 – Young journalist Mamunur Rashid died while undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in the capital on Monday night.
Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, fuelling international outrage a week after the army was accused of genocide.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said today “to keep the media free of trash of yellow journalism, lie, provocation, vulgarity, chitchat and truncated information there was no choice to having an efficient sift.”
Dubai-based weekly tabloid newspaper Xpress, published by Gulf News, will shut down its print publication this month. The paper’s final edition will hit newsstands on August 30. Abdul Hamid Ahmad, editor in chief of Gulf News, called the decision “painful”…
Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, submitted a bail petition with the High Court in a case filed under the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Act on Wednesday.
Dhaka, Aug 28 – Tulip Siddiq, a British member of parliament and niece of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has urged her aunt to release photojournalist Shahidul Alam, according to a report run by a United Kingdom daily, The Times.
Facebook on Monday banned Myanmar’s army chief and removed dozens of other pages, which, the social media platform said, have covertly pushed the messages of the Myanmar military.
The ruling on two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar on suspicion of violating a state secrets act had been expected on Monday. The judge had apparently become ill. The verdict in the case against two Reuters journalists on trial in…
ড্রেসডেন শহরে ডানপন্থি দল পেগিডার সমাবেশে সাংবাদিককে লাঞ্ছিত করার ঘটনায় শহরের একজন পুলিশ কর্মকর্তা জড়িত বলে স্বীকার করেছে কর্তৃপক্ষ৷ এ ঘটনাকে মুক্ত গণমাধ্যমের উপর হামলা বলে মনে করছে জার্মানির সংবাদমাধ্যম৷ গত সপ্তাহে জার্মানির স্যাক্সনি রাজ্যের ড্রেসডেন শহরে ডানপন্থি দল পেগিডা…
Dhaka, Aug 23 (UNB) – Kuldip Nayar was among the journalists who had staunchly opposed the Emergency and was jailed during that period. He was honoured with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to journalism at the eighth edition of…
Mesale Tolu is now free to leave Turkey, but the trial against her will continue. Her husband must remain in the country to face similar charges. A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on German journalist Mesale Tolu, who…
More than 300 news outlets have launched a campaign to counter US President Donald Trump’s attacks and promote a free press.
A new unit will be set up in the Ministry of Information to analyse and inform about social media contents so that Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) can go for measures against offensive contents.
Dhaka, Aug 13 – Golam Sarwar, Editor of Bangla daily Samakal, passed away on Monday night. He was 75.
Dhaka, Aug 11 – Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Saturday said arrested photographer Shahidul Alam’s claim of torture is yet another one of his false claims against the government.
Dhaka – Journalists from different media outlets on Friday formed a human chain in front of the National Museum demanding arrest and punishment of those who attacked their colleagues while covering the students’ movement demanding safe road.
Dhaka, Aug 10 – As social media can be used for spreading propaganda or rumours, media and IT experts think there is a need to make people, especially the youngsters, aware of mature digital lifestyle and increase their media literacy.
Dhaka, Aug 9 – The High Court on Thursday ordered the home secretary to make arrangements for further examining on whether noted detained photographer Shahidul Alam was tortured physically or mentally in the custody of detective branch.
Dhaka, Aug 9 – A total of 69 leading academics, lawyers, rights activists, filmmakers, media personalities and cultural activists of Bangladesh in a joint statement have demanded the government to stop repression on students, academics, journalists and human rights activists…
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has expressed grave concern to the government of Bangladesh over recent attacks on journalists and the detention of noted photojournalist Shahidul Alam.
The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to examine as per section 2 (6) of the Torture and Custodial Death Prevention Act, 2013 whether Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, was tortured physically…
Kushtia, Aug 8 – The Islamic University Journalists’ Association (IUJA) formed a human chain on the campus in Kushtia on Wednesday protesting attacks on journalists in the capital during the student movement for safe roads.
Dhaka, Aug 8 – Following the High Court order, Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital for medical treatment on Wednesday morning.
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to send Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam, now on a seven-day remand, to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as soon as possible for his medical treatment.
Dhaka – Journalists from different media outlets on Tuesday demanded immediate arrest of those who attacked some of their colleagues during the ongoing student movement seeking safe roads.