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Prothom Alo won an honorable mention in the 'Best Ideas to Increase Advertising Sales' category for this initiative. In this category, Sweden's top media platform Bonnier News stood first, India's Jagran Prakashan stood second and the joint campaign of UK's News UK, Reach, Guardian and Telegraph stood third. Along with Prothom Alo, New Zealand's NZME […]
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed deep shock and grief over the death of her press secretary and former managing director and editor-in-chief of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangathan (BSS). In his condolence message, he said, “Karim performed his duty as my press secretary with utmost honesty and integrity.” The Prime Minister further said: “With his tragic demise, […]
In a media release, the High Commissioner said, “I am concerned by allegations that the justice system is being used to harass human rights lawyers, journalists and civil society leaders. I encourage the investigation of alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in line with international standards. Volker Turk said. “In Bangladesh, I am concerned that […]
AK Azad, managing director of Times Media Limited, which publishes Samakal, has once again been elected as the chairman of the new committee. Furthermore, New Age editorial board chairman ASM Shahidullah Khan was re-elected as vice-chairman and Manabazameen editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury was re-elected as treasurer. The members of the new executive committee are Prothom […]
The Digital Security Act was then abolished and the Cyber Security Act was enacted in its place, with some reduced sentences and changes here and there, although basically most of the repressive sections of the two older laws were retained, Sometimes with changes in words. In case of ‘offences’ like defamation, instead of jail sentence, […]
At the event, TIB gave an Investigative Journalism Award, 2023. Shariful Islam, chief correspondent of Ekushey.com (https://ekushey.com/) from Chattogram, received the award in the regional newspaper category, Zahid Hasan, correspondent of Dainik Kaler Kantho Sawar, received the award. in the National Newspaper category and senior independent television journalist Hassan Misbah received the award in the […]
The conference began with welcome remarks by Professor Dr. Liza Sharmin, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DIU. Special Chief Guest, Ute Eckertz, Representative, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, said, “As we know, Bangladesh has been ranked very low in freedom of speech rankings over the years, and this ultimately hinders […]
One of the regular tasks of human rights organizations is to collect information on all forms of repression, torture, harassment and rights violations, with special attention to journalism, one of the most risky professions. Their records show that in the nine months from January to September this year, 1 journalist has been murdered and 216 […]
In a statement, 190 eminent citizens of the country have expressed their concern and disappointment over the statement of US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas regarding the implementation of the visa policy against the media. The statement referred to concerns expressed by the Council of Editors in a letter issued on Saturday. The statement issued […]
A week after the agreement, Fox ousted conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson, one of several prominent Fox personalities who publicly supported Trump while criticizing him in private messages to colleagues, a fact that led to the Dominion suit. Was made public by. The transfer of leadership to Murdoch’s son Lachlan, acting chairman and chief executive of […]
The roundtable meeting was attended by senior and mid-ranking members of the journalist community, including Prothom Alo executive director Sajjad Sharif, Amader Notun Shomoy editor Naeemul Islam Khan, Deepto TV chief news editor SM Akash, chief Ayesha Kabir. Prothom Allo English Web, and others, Sajjad Sharif pointed out that although Prothom Alo was an established […]
The increased spread of false and sensationalized information can lead to panic, erode public trust and compromise security measures. Starting with the observation, a roundtable on ‘Role of Media in National Security’ was organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) at The Westin in the capital Dhaka. The event was moderated […]
Participating in the discussion, Matiur Rahman, editor of Dainik Manabazmeen, said that how can journalists write freely while living in the midst of a culture of fear? Journalists have surrendered helplessly. Earlier media used to be closed and controlled but now more media outlets are being started and controlled. Fair journalism cannot be expected if […]
An uproar over legislation to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 erupted after Macron exercised a controversial executive power in March to push the plan through parliament without a vote. At times the protests turned violent and weeks of strikes disrupted French public life. Macron decided to cancel the trip, which would have […]
