Rizvi warns business community, media about opportunism

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed Friday warned the administration, the business community and the media houses about the opportunists posing as BNP leaders and activists. "Some people used to live abroad and enjoy their lives. Now they are returning home and trying to influence the administration, the

Hizb-ut-Tahrir media chief arrested

Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested the media coordinator of the banned militant outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir from Bashundhara residential area early Friday. The arrestee has been identified as Imtiaz Selim, 42, confirmed by Muhammad Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of the DMP. A

Media freedom declining across Europe, with implications for rule of law

A new report has warned media freedom in the EU is close to “breaking point” in many states amid rising authoritarianism across the continent. In its latest annual report covering 2023, the Berlin-based Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) highlighted widespread threats, intimidation and violence against journalists and attacks on the

Israeli strike on Lebanese house kills five: state media

At least five people were killed Saturday, four from the same family, and nine wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the country's official National News Agency reported. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Israel have traded deadly cross-border fire on a near-daily basis since war broke out

WaterAid announces fellowship for young journo

WaterAid has recently announced the third edition of its signature media fellowship, a press release said Tuesday. The ‘Young Media Fellowship 2022-23’ aims to exchange ideas, raise awareness and bring young minds to closer to critical issues water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges and solutions at local and national level. The Young

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

Reasonable left, irresponsible right & the future of social democracy

With no shortage of catastrophes in the past 15 years worldwide — the democratic left is stepping up to provide stability amid the storm. Throughout the history of mankind, there have been catastrophes. In modern times, there have also been media representations of catastrophe, including worked-up or even imagined catastrophes. More than

BB angry over information leaks to the media

The Bangladesh Bank has served show-cause notices on a number of officials, asking for their explanations as to how the media published reports based on the central bank's findings on several banking scams. Around 10 officials have faced the notices in the last couple of weeks, sources said. This is an unprecedented