journalist

'Shafik arrested for Joy's FB post'

The BNP yesterday alleged that journalist Shafik Rehman was arrested and taken on remand because of a Facebook status of the prime
23 April 2016, 18:00 PM

3 TV journo hurt in Brahmanbaria AL attack

Three television media journalists have been attacked allegedly by Awami League men while covering vote rigging in Brahmanbaria Sadar.
23 April 2016, 09:54 AM

Journalist Probir Sikdar appeals for security

Journalist Probir Sikdar has appealed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to ensure that he does not become a victim of forced
22 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt claim false and fictitious, says wife of arrested Bangladesh journalist Shafik Rehman

Speakers, including detained journalist Shafik Rehman's wife Taleya Rehman, yesterday outright rejected the government's
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Allegation against Rehman totally false: Wife

Taleya Rehman, wife of journalist Shafik Rehman, said the allegation brought against her husband is totally baseless and fictitious.
20 April 2016, 10:23 AM

Hope Imran will understand now: Quader

Claiming that the arrest of Shafik Rehman was made based on specific allegations, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said it had nothing to do with him being a journalist.
20 April 2016, 08:08 AM

Fakhrul demands cancellation of Rehman’s remand

Terming the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman “inhuman”, BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir demands Rehman’s immediate release after cancelling his remand.
17 April 2016, 08:57 AM

Bangladesh cops arrest journalist Shafik Rehman

A Dhaka court yesterday placed senior journalist Shafik Rehman on a five-day remand in a case for alleged attempts to abduct and
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Shafik Rehman - who is he?

Shafik Rehman became a household name after he launched the weekly Jai Jai Din in the mid-1980s.
16 April 2016, 15:19 PM

Editors Guild of India concerned over lawsuits against Star editor

The Editors Guild of India expresses its deep concern at the barrage of criminal defamation and sedition cases filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of Bangladesh’s The Daily Star and a columnist of several Indian newspapers.
16 April 2016, 14:49 PM

Newspaper owners must pay staff’s income tax: SC

The Supreme Court upholds a wage board provision that instructs the owners of newspapers and news agencies to pay the income tax of their employees.
30 March 2016, 08:25 AM

Keeping media out, trial on

A Narayanganj courtroom was made off limits to journalists as the recording of witness testimonies began in the seven-murder trial yesterday. Referring to a “court directive”, the public prosecutor and counsels for the accused said journalists cannot attend the proceedings. Police then asked the newsmen to leave the courtroom.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Journo leader Altaf Mahmood dies

Altaf Mahmud, president of the pro-Awami League faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, dies at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka.
24 January 2016, 04:31 AM

Journo held with firearms sent to jail

A Mymensingh court sends two men including a journalist to jail, a day after they were arrested with firearms and sharp weapons in the district town.
18 January 2016, 11:13 AM

Killing of a journalist

The brutal murder of Mashiur Rahman Utsho, a brave young newsman, has sent a wave of fear throughout the journalist community.
27 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Tied to tree, journo hacked to death

Unidentified assailants hacked to death a journalist of a local daily, tying him to a tree in an isolated place in Rangpur city on Wednesday night.
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Rangpur journo killed, body dumped beside highway

A journalist of a local daily is found dead on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Rangpur city.
24 December 2015, 05:45 AM

Reminiscing Freedom in the Air

Kamal Lohani, the eminent journalist reminisces the Victory Day on December 16, 1971...
16 December 2015, 06:04 AM

Journalist Faruk buried at Azimpur graveyard

Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.
13 December 2015, 04:57 AM

Mohona TV car attacked, journo shot in Raozan

A microbus of private television channel Mohona TV allegedly attacked and a journalist said to have been shot in Chittagong’s Raozan while returning from the burial of top war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, the terror of Raozan who was hanged early today.
22 November 2015, 07:05 AM