The study found significant regional disparities, with the prevalence of sexual harassment being highest in Africa at 33 percent, followed by the Arab region at 31 percent. Southeast Asia recorded 19 percent, while Ukraine, which was included in such a study for the first time, recorded 12 percent. It also includes countries that have not […]
Kamal Ahmed, head of the Media Reforms Commission formed during the previous interim government, also stressed the importance of financial independence to ensure media freedom. He said, “Unless the media can stand on a strong economic footing, true independence cannot be ensured.” He further said, “The influence of black money is evident in both politics […]
Criticizing the tendency to compare living standards and development with Western countries, the Dawn editor said the realities of South Asian countries are different. Instead of comparing themselves with countries like Sweden and Norway, which have much smaller populations, South Asian countries should first identify their common problems and challenges. Speaking about overcoming the crisis, […]
He called on journalists to pay more attention to important issues such as inequality between rich and poor, rights of ordinary people, rule of law and climate change. He said that it is important for the media to bring these issues to the fore through responsible journalism. The Daily Star editor also said that journalists […]
Journalist Anees Alamgir, who was released on bail from jail in a case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act, criticized the previous interim government and said, “Not only was injustice done to me, but I was also oppressed. You ask me to criticize you and when I do so, you send me to jail. This is […]
He and Lewis have come under investigation for directly interfering in the newspaper’s editorial processes. Bezos reined in the newspaper’s liberal-leaning editorial page and blocked its endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris just days before the 2024 election — breaking the so-called firewall of editorial independence. He was widely seen as caving in to […]
The statement said that NOAB and the Editorial Council have taken note of the statement of BB spokesperson Mezbaul Haq in this regard. He said, “From now on, journalists will be able to meet the bank's spokesperson and other officials in its building only by using a specific permit issued by the bank. Only if […]
Mobile courts have the arbitrary power to punish the accused without giving him adequate opportunity to defend himself. Executive magistrates also have the power to sentence someone to jail through mere one-sided questioning. As a result, after being arrested under this law, a person compulsorily has to go to jail, add the statement. “For the […]
Their plan is to award 12 women accomplished in 12 different fields in 12 months. And he will be honored in a grand ceremony at the end of the year. In this sequence, two awards were given simultaneously on Sunday. Earlier, Shamsin Ahmed in ‘Development’, Tasfia Tasbeen in ‘Technology’, Nazli Hussain in ‘Architecture’, Sadia Jaffarin […]
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, […]
An Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip on Friday killed an Al Jazeera journalist and wounded his colleague, the Qatari network reported. Al Jazeera initially reported that cameraman Samir Abu Dakka and Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh Khan were injured at a school in Yunis, where they were hit by “shrapnel from an Israeli missile […]