After years of being barred from local screens, Kamar Ahmad Simon’s internationally acclaimed film “Anyadin…” (Day After…) has finally been cleared for release in Bangladesh.

How political cartoons in Bangladesh overcame censorship post July uprising.

This is not the first time that government propaganda efforts have been exposed by Meta/Facebook.

In the current Bangladeshi scenario, even core academic and intramural speeches are not well protected by the constitutional regime.

To justify the restrictions, governments run a fear factory.

It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.

Authorities must address concerns about the draft Data Protection Act

Cancel culture is best treated as a collective decision to minimise the cultural influence a person and their work have moving forward.

On a global scale, there are very few Censor Boards, rather it is more common for countries to have Certification Boards.

The implementation of censorship laws on social media leaves more questions than it answers.

The fact that any movie has to go through so many hurdles to tell the story they want to tell will never make for a healthy scene for films in this country.

"I don’t believe that we will get redress from the government in this matter. The only way out is a total reform of the state": Altaf Parvez, writer and researcher.

Where Faham Abdus Salam calls Bengalis mediocre, in my soon-to-be-published book, Before You Shame My People, I see Bangladeshis as a highly promising nation of tortured people who, at the same time, have dissented against and been crushed by the powers of colonialism, imperialism, and an ancestral and oligarchical political system.

Bangladesh needs to formulate a national book policy, as well as a comprehensive bibliography policy, alongside guidelines for the rights of authors and publishers, for contracts, and higher standards for editing and translating. 

The panel spoke broadly about censorship, #MeToo movement, mob mentality, cancel culture, JK Rowling, and social media echo chambers. 

Milton shows how the erroneous use of censorship laws have hindered progress even in the quest for scientific truth.

As the frequency of sharing graphic multimedia increases, we become desensitised and accept it as the norm.

DSA’s new curbs and OTT draft rules give the opening

Bangladesh censor board must assign appropriate ratings to films

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government has continued its repression on journalists and threats to the media.