The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam has secured bail in a Tk 5 crore defamation case in Gazipur.

BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleges that freedom of expression is now treated as ‘illegal and treason’ in Bangladesh.

Rangpur court grants bail to Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation case filed by ruling Awami League’s Rangpur district organising secretary. The court sets May 26 for next hearing.

Bangladesh has been taken to task by Amnesty International for becoming increasingly dangerous for those speaking their minds.

Journalist leaders today express their deep concern over the threats to shut leading English newspaper The Daily Star and arrest its editor.

Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh last year, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016.

The recent gruesome killings and attack of young bloggers, and the murder of a publisher by unknown assailants last year...

It may not be wise to compare Bangladesh with France, but is there any scope of denying the fact that the true essence of democracy lies within the space of freedom of expression?

BNP alleges that the objectives and spirit of the 1971 Liberation War, including people’s democratic rights, rights of expression and economic freedom are now at stake due to the government’s repressive acts.

The European Parliament (EP) will see a debate on a motion to adopt a resolution on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh.

Detectives will submit charge sheet against five members of Ansarullah Bangla Team and several unknown persons in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman killing case.

A witness identifies one of the four suspects held in connection with blogger Niloy murder, confirming that he took part in the August 7 grisly killing at Goran neighbourhood in Dhaka, cops say.

Now the question is, can we say whatever we want on Facebook, Twitter or blogs? Some argue that comments made on social media should be ignored as they are people's very personal expressions. However, social media embody two spheres—a private sphere and a public sphere— simultaneously.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and European Union delegation to Bangladesh condemn the killing of Bangladeshi blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.

United Nations’ experts on freedom of expression condemn the killing of Bangladesh blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay.

Leading authors, including Salman Rushdie and fellow Booker prize winners Margaret Atwood and Yann Martell, call on Bangladesh's government to put an end to a spate of deadly attacks on atheist bloggers.

Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.

The media is expanding which points to an increasing diversity and volume of information and visuals. Governments tend to equate rising flow of information with free flow of information. A line needs to be drawn there.

IN his speech on January 6, 1941, 22nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt said: “A world founded upon four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression … everywhere in the world.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says he was deeply concerned at “measures that restrict freedom of expression and democratic space” in numerous countries including Bangladesh.