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Arrest and imprisonment of journalist over RTI request is ominous

The eruption of hostility surrounding the submission of a simple RTI request to a public official was uncalled for
16 April 2024, 02:01 AM

Digital Security Act: 5 journos sued, 1 of them held

A reporter of the Bangla daily Jugantor was arrested in Keraniganj on Tuesday, hours after a case was filed against him and four other reporters of the newspaper under the controversial Digital Security Act.
20 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Section 57: Journalist arrested for FB post on goat’s death

Yet another journalist is made victim of the “black law” section 57, sued by a colleague, for alleged libel against a local lawmaker in Khulna.
1 August 2017, 05:06 AM

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud arrested

Days into the arrest of Faridpur journalist Probir Sikdar, police detain journalist Shawkat Mahmud while attending a programme in Dhaka.
18 August 2015, 07:16 AM