The IGP said, “I believe such situations arose due to media pressure. Such incidents should not happen again. You should give us adequate response time.” He made this comment in a press conference held at the media center of the police headquarters on Monday. This briefing was the first press conference held after assuming charge […]
Draft legislation directly related to media freedom, professional journalistic standards and the future of the broadcasting system cannot be considered acceptable if drafted without proper discussion and review. The Council of Editors believes that the structure and provisions of these draft ordinances indicate a clear risk of increasing state control rather than protecting media freedom. […]
After visiting Prothom Alo’s burnt-out office, the Spanish ambassador said, “I was not in Bangladesh at the time of the terrorist attack on the Prothom Alo office last December, and so I could not visit immediately after the violence. On my return to Dhaka, I would like to express my sincere condemnation of the attack […]
Bangladesh Bank said they have three objectives: 1. To reduce total bank default loans, now slightly below 10 percent, to below 8 percent. 2. Reducing the default loan of government banks to 10 percent and the default loan of private banks to 5 percent, which are currently 22 percent and 7 percent respectively. 3. To […]
Bhorer Kagoj editor and National Press Club general secretary Shyamol Dutta, Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association chief executive Rizwana Hasan, Dhaka Tribune editor Zafar Sobhan and Desh Rupantor acting editor Mustafa Mamun, among others, spoke at the event. The meeting was conducted by Diwan Hanif Mahmood, General Secretary of the Editorial Council and Editor of Bonic […]
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, […]
