Nazia Jabin has long been working for the education of visually impaired children through this publication Sporsho that produces the braille books.
Category: Media
Saudi activist behind bars for social media work
Long Jail Terms for Peaceful Critics on Spurious Charges Beirut – The prominent Saudi human rights activist Fahad al-Fahad has served two years in prison since his April 2016 arrest and subsequent conviction on charges tied solely to his peaceful…
World Autism Awareness Day 2018
By IPS World Desk Rome, Mar 28 (IPS) – Autism Spectrum Disorder is a name that covers a range of similar disorders affecting a person’s interaction, communication and behaviour.
Unicef, Facebook to make digital world safer
UNICEF and Facebook have launched a year- long mass awareness campaign today to protect the children from the perils of the digital world and increase their access to safe online content.
Poland Sues Argentine Newspaper Under New Holocaust Law
Can an official historical truth be universally imposed in defense of a nation’s reputation? Poland believes that it can, and launched a crusade against those who accuse the Polish State or citizens of complicity with the Holocaust. An Argentine newspaper…
EU gives Facebook seven days to answer questions
Facebook has offered two top executives to appear in front of U.K. lawmakers, but not CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company told CNBC Tuesday amid the continued fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Veteran journo Rahman Jahangir passes away
Dhaka, Mar 26 – Rahman Jahangir, the editorial consultant of the Financial Express, passed away early Monday. He was 68. Jahangir, the founding news editor of The Daily Independent and former joint news editor of The Daily Star, breathed his…
Social media platform should tell the truth
The high quality democracies of northern Europe are an unnatural construct, history teaching us that the universal default setting of human society is authoritarianism. There are many key elements in crafting and sustaining such high quality democracies, including engendering a…
EU envoys concerned over BD digital security law draft
Diplomats from 10 countries and the European Union (EU) ambassador on Sunday expressed their concern over four sections of the proposed digital security act.
Zuckerberg’s shine dims after the data abuse apology
San Francisco, March 23 (BSS/AFP) – Mark Zuckerberg rose to wealth and fame with a mission of connecting everyone through Facebook, but now faces the wrath of users outraged he isn’t doing more to defend their data.
Media crazy over Sridevi: Unmoved by school children murder
By Vidyadhar Date One can understand the BJP suppressing the involvement of its drunken leader in the killing of nine school children and injuring 20 other children in broad daylight in Bihar last week. But why did a large section…
After the data abuse charge FB must reassure its users
Cambridge Analytica: Facebook ‘being investigated by FTC’ The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations that 50 million users’ private information was misused by a political consultancy firm.
EU seeks Facebook data-breach probe
BRUSSELS(BSS/AFP) – The European Union pushed Tuesday for an urgent investigation into revelations that a firm working for Donald Trump presidential campaign harvested data on 50 million users.
Control on social media: Chinese chapter
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, NY A report on Chinese government control on social media urged the Chinese and international community to play their role to ensure freedom of opinion. The report “Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China ‘was…
‘Panama Papers’ law firm announces that it is closing down
Panama City, Mar 15 (AP/UNB) — The Panamanian law firm whose more than 11 million leaked documents known as the “Panama Papers” shed light on how the world’s wealthy exploit financial secrecy to hide assets says it is closing at…
Veteran journalist Syed Mahmud no more
Veteran journalist Syed Mahmud is no more. (Innalillahe wainna ilaihe raziun.) He breathed his last at 10.30 pm on Friday at the United Hospital, Dhaka. He would have attained 79 on 01 May next.
White House communications director resigning
Washington, Mar 1 (AP/UNB) — White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation Wednesday, leaving a void around a president who values loyalty and affirmation.
Paradise on tenterhooks
By Amantha Perera Colombi, Sri Lanka, Feb 20 (IPS) – It was a shutdown that was emblematic of the instability plaguing the Maldives in recent months. On Feb. 8, Raajje TV, an opposition aligned TV channel in the atolls, suspended…
Networking conference on journalism held at RU
Rajshahi, Feb 16 – A networking conference on journalism was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday aiming to enhance the education quality of journalism students.
Internet Freedom Rapidly Degrading in Southeast Asia
Researchers recently evaluated 65 countries which represent 87 percent of internet users globally. Half of them experienced a decline of internet freedom. China, Syria and Ethiopia are the least free. Estonia, Iceland and Canada enjoy the most freedom online.
Unique healthcare initiative for journos in Assam
By Nava Thakuria Guwahati, Feb 12 – A unique weekly healthcare initiative has been taken up by a press club in northeast India, where practicing physicians are being invited to the club premises for preliminary free health screening and ensuing…
18 films about food to inspire, outrage, and Mobilise
Danielle Nierenberg Film is an incredible tool for effecting change in the food system with its unique ability to educate, inspire, and grow the movement for sustainable food and farming. Film can transport viewers to unseen territories, from Colombian coffee-growing…
Fox still expects to win Sky takeover
The Murdoch-controlled 21st Century Fox has said it continues to expect UK approval of its Sky takeover, despite a provisional finding that the deal was not in the public interest. Chief executive James Murdoch said the firm was working with…
Northeast India: Urge for media accountability
By Nava Thakuria As the alternative media expands its reaches to hundred thousand Indians across the country, thanks to increasingly cheaper internet connectivity, its restraint and liability also start surfacing in public discourses. The limitations and gradually losing credibility of…
Veteran journalist Rakib Uddin passes away
Dhaka, Feb 3 – Veteran journalist Sheikh Rakib Uddin today passed away at a city hospital due to old age complications. He was 85. Rakib Uddin, a senior journalist of The Independent, breathed his last at the BIRDEM Hospital at…
IGP hopes to intensify crackdown against militants
Dhaka, Jan 13, 2018 (BSS) – Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque in an exclusive interview recently said they will intensify nationwide crackdown against militants this year in line with the ‘zero tolerance’ policy against militancy. “Police have…
58pc subscribers have doubts about reliability of news: Report
Some 58 percent of news consumers have their doubts on reliability of news dished out to them every day while 24 percent put their trust on the news carried by media in Bangladesh partially and another 14 percent completely. A…
2018 online newspapers seek registration
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told Parliament that 2,018 online newspapers from across the country have so far applied seeking registration with the Press Information Department. The minister came up with the statistics while replying to an unstarred question from…
Philippines most dangerous country in Southeast Asia for journalists
By Pascal Laureyn Manila, Jan 10 (IPS) – It’s not just suspected drug users and dealers at risk of targeted killing in the Philippines. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reported last week that the Philippines is the most dangerous…
Trump named world’s no. 1 oppressor of press freedom
A journalism group named the president among repressive leaders who “have gone out of their way to attack the press” and undermine free speech. By Willa Frej President Donald Trump, who recently said he would announce the “MOST DISHONEST &…