Rajshahi – Teachers and students of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) department of Rajshahi University (RU) along with the members of Rajshahi University Press Club (RUPC), and Rajshahi University Reporters Unity (RURU) formed a human chain on the campus on…
Local MP Hasibur Rahman on Saturday claimed that Samakal journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul was killed in gunshots fired by Shahjadpur municipality mayor Halimul Haque Miru. “While discharging his professional duty, journalist Shimul received bullet openly fired by the municipality mayor,”…
Dhaka – Two cases were filed on Tuesday against Prime Minister’s Media Adviser and the Daily Observer Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury for publishing a report in his daily.
The High Court (HC) on Sunday rejected the writ petition filed seeking ban on airing of three Indian TV channels-Star Jalsha, Star Plus and Zee Bangla-in Bangladesh. An HC bench comprising Justice M Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hassan…
British journalists were locked outside of the White House because their dates of birth were submitted in UK format – and it baffled the Secret Service. Prime Minister Theresa May today became the first world leader to visit the new…
Police have assaulted two journalists at Dhaka University amid clashes during a strike called against the Rampal Power Plant.A protester was seen being dragged away by his T-shirt before the journalists were assaulted in front of Shahbagh Police Station around…
The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a “vaccine” to immunise people against the problem. A University of Cambridge study devised psychological tools to target fact distortion.
Dhaka- Daily Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar received ‘Ataus Samad Memorial Trust Lifetime Achievement Award’ at a program held at Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury auditorium, at the University of Dhaka on Sunday noon.
President Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration.Mr Trump was speaking after photographs were published appearing to show more people attended the inauguration of his predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.Mr Trump’s…
President Donald Trump, in his first speech in his first full day as commander in chief, visited the Central Intelligence Agency on a mission to reassure the intelligence community that they have his full support but he soon veered off…
Chinese media warned the country to brace for “dramatic changes” and discord between the world’s two largest economies after Donald Trump used his inaugural speech to pillory the “ravages” of countries he accused of lining their pockets by destroying American…
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to…
Famed journalist Carl Bernstein tore into Kellyanne Conway Wednesday over her callous dismissal of CNN’s reporting, calling the incoming counselor to the president “a propaganda minister.”On his eponymous show, Anderson Cooper hammered Conway over her refusal to accept a CNN…
BNNRC is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and accredited with World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) of the United Nations.
By Nava Thakuria Indian subcontinent continues to remain as a dangerous place for scribes to pursue the critical journalism. As the year 2016 ends with the cumulative statistics of 16 journo-murder incidents in India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the…
Dhaka– The government has slapped a ban on airing local advertisements on downlinked foreign television channels. The Information Ministry issued an order on Monday in this regard.
Dhaka – The much-awaited dot bangla (.bangla) domain was unlocked for the people today as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated it at a function. The premier opened the dot bangla (.bangla) internet domain at a ceremony at her official Ganabhaban…
Dhaka : At least 93 journalists and media professionals were killed in 2016 according to new statistics published by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday. The world’s largest journalists’ organisation, which represents 600.000 members in 140 countries, published…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has been working to expand the media both in the public and private sectors to ensure the free flow of information.“Then free flow of information is very much essential to develop…
Faridpur – Police arrested a local journalist from Goalchamot Rathkhola area in the district town on Friday on charge of extortion. The arrestee was identified as Kabirul Islam Siddiki, 48, former president of Faridpur Press Club and editor of local…
Dhaka – In an unprecedented move, the Bangladesh government has started blocking down major porn websites from Wednesday. Earlier, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MoPT) has listed down name of 500 porn websites and send it to the Bangladesh…
Dhaka – The Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) expressed concerns over the news reports about the formation of the ninth wage board to newspapers and said such declaration before five years is not acceptable.
Mostafa Kamal Majumder It was a tense day in the Dhaka University Arts Faculty building area. Members of Biplobi Chhatra Union wearing red bends on heads were toring apart festoons and banners of rival organisations. It should be in December…
A local journalist in Savar has been arrested for ‘fomenting unrest’ among agitating workers at readymade garment factories in Ashulia.Ekushey Television’s Savar Correspondent Nazmul Huda has been detained from Ashulia’s Baipail on Friday on the basis of definite proof, said…
Earlier this month, Yahoo revealed that it suffered a massive hack in 2013 that affected at least 1 billion user accounts. That came just three months after the company disclosed a hack from 2014 that affected 500 million accounts. The…
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Dhaka – Mentioning that the government is bound to protect the personal information of people, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday said her ministry will make the list of pornographic websites, not the porno viewers. She…
Washington (AP/UNB) — Time magazine on Wednesday named Donald Trump its Person of the Year, bestowing what the president-elect called an “honor” even as he derided the idea that he’ll lead “the Divided States of America.” That was a reference…
Dhaka – Mentioning that media is not an opponent of democracy, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday said the government is working to ensure a smooth journey of media alongside saving the democracy. Inu came up with the remark…
Bruce Mutsvairo, The Conversation Renowned reporter Christiane Amanpour recently told a conference of the Committee to Protect Journalists that they should aim for truth over neutrality. Watching the recent US presidential campaign unfold, she said she was “shocked by the…