Media

CPJ urges PM to stop the cycle of press repression and political retaliation

CPJ Asia-Pacific Programme Coordinator Kunal Majumder said every political transition in Bangladesh has seen authorities use laws and institutions against journalists believed to support former governments. TDS Desk: The Committee

Zero tolerance for interference in journalists’ professional duties: Swapon

BSS Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon today said the government will pursue a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against any form of unethical obstruction or interference in the professional activities

Lack of unity deprives journalists of wage board salaries: Fakhrul

Staff Reporter Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Friday that many journalists do not receive fair salaries in line with the wage board

Attack on journalists: Savar OC withdrawn after three police officials closed

Questions raised over failure to arrest main accused quickly TDS Desk: The officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station has been withdrawn and attached to police lines after three other police

SB HQ ‘unaware’ of journalists’ political identities, personal data collection

TDS Desk: The headquarters of the police’s Special Branch (SB) has been left “completely in the dark” about field-level operatives knocking on journalists’ doors or phoning them to demand extensive

New York Times sues Pentagon again over media access restrictions

TDS Desk: The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense in five months, challenging a policy that requires journalists to be accompanied