Emirates hosts iftar mehfil for Journalists

Emirates' Dhaka office hosted an iftar party for business and aviation reporters at a city hotel on Tuesday.  Emirates Area Manager in Bangladesh, Mohamed Alhammadi, along with other members of the local office team exchanged Ramadan greetings with the attending journalists.The airline has been serving Bangladesh since 1986 and currently

7 years’ jail term for approved polls disruption

The Cabinet on Tuesday in principle approved the draft of 'Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2023' with a provision of two to seven years of imprisonment for hampering election observers and journalists to perform their "lawful" duty during the election. The approval came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime

Extortion Case: 3 journalists held in Narail

Police on Friday arrested three individuals proclaiming themselves to be from Sadar upazila of Narail on charges of extortion.The arrestees are -Rafiqul Islam, son of Omar Ali of Bhwakhali area of Narail municipality while Topu Sardar and Monir Khan from Lohagara upazila.They were arrested in a case filed with Sadar

Nearly 1,700 journalists killed over past 20 years: RSF

Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were "especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform", said

With activists, journalists jailed for ‘Spurious Reasons’, India’s Chief Justice faces challenges

India’s new Chief Justice, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, has a significant challenge ahead – as activists and minorities remain hopeful that he will remain true to his legacy of delivering judgments that enshrined the Constitution, especially on personal liberty. Sanjay Kapoor, founder editor of Hardnews Magazine and political analyst told the IPS

Journalists aren’t bound to disclose sources: HC

Journalists are protected by the law in Bangladesh from disclosing their sources of information, the High Court said in a ruling as it emphasised the media's role in exposing corruption. The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo gave the judgment in light

ARTICLE 19 to support troubled journalists, activists in Bangladesh

ARTICLE 19 has invited journalists and activists from Bangladesh to submit their applications to avail of assistance to be provided in three areas - legal, medical and alternative livelihoods. The human rights organization will provide support to journalists, human rights defenders (HRD) and social media activists who have been subjected to

2 journalists killed in Mexico

Just as Mexican journalists prepared to protest the killing of a journalist last week, word came Monday that two more were shot to death in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, raising to 11 the number of such killings in the country this year. The Veracruz State Prosecutor's Office said via