The language, statements and demands in the notices, sent under different names, are identical.
In one of the new notices, in addition to threatening bdnews24.com with legal action for publishing any false or baseless news after this , a lawyer also warned of “adverse consequences” for the news publisher.
bdnews24.com opened the process to answer the legal notices after receiving those, beginning with a response to the one sent by Babul through Jewel.
The second notice dated Feb 18 reached the bdnews24.com office from the Barishal lawyer on Feb 24.
It accepted the receipt of the bdnews24.com reply to the first notice, but said the receivers of the notice did not delete or remove the reports “wilfully”, which the second notice described as “shameful and unfortunate”.
Sylhet Correspondent and Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 12 Mar 2021 10:48 AM BdST
Updated: 12 Mar 2021 10:48 AM BdST
It’s a curious case of a legal notice served on bdnews24.com, but the sender now says he has not sent it, nor is he familiar with his “client”. );
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The lawyer is one of the 37 people who have sent legal notices to bdnews24.com, asking the news publisher to remove old reports on HBM Iqbal and his family. Both the lawyer and his aggrieved client in Sylhet say they are unaware of the incident, let alone sending the notice.
The notice bears the signature of Md Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury, a lawyer of Sylhet Bar Association. The notice written on his letterhead was served on behalf of Harunur Rashid on Feb 9 to four senior editors of bdnews24.com.
Barishal Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 08 Mar 2021 10:08 AM BdST
Updated: 08 Mar 2021 10:08 AM BdST
A local journalist says he was taken aback to see his name as a witness in a defamation suit started against four senior editors of bdnews24.com in a Barishal court. );
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Rubel Khan, library secretary of Shaheed Abdur Rab Serniabat Barishal Press Club, took to social media to express his surprise and ire.
“I have been named as a witness in a recent case against bdnews24.com, the first online news portal of Bangladesh. But I m completely unaware of the matter,” he wrote on his Facebook wall.
“I was not informed. As a media worker, it is against (my) ethics to act against another media house. I condemn the incident,” he said, explaining his position.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 Mar 2021 08:55 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Mar 2021 09:18 PM BdST
Dhaka Reporters Unity or DRU has expressed concern over pressure on bdnews24.com to remove old reports, saying such activities will hamper the efforts to consolidate democracy. );
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President Mursalin Nomani and General Secretary Moshiur Rahman Khan of the top organisation of reporters in Bangladesh in a statement on Thursday also demanded action against those pressuring bdnews24.com.
bdnews24.com had published reports on court proceedings and orders in cases filed against former MP HBM Iqbal, a freedom fighter and chairman of Premier Group, and members of his family in the past one and a half decades as had other mainstream media outlets.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 02 Mar 2021 07:10 PM BdST
Updated: 02 Mar 2021 07:10 PM BdST
Reporters Against Corruption or RAC has condemned the pressure on bdnews24.com to remove old reports as “interference in the freedom of press”. );
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The group of journalists covering news about Anti-Corruption Commission in a statement on Tuesday alleged a number of members of the organisation are facing harassment for writing reports against corruption.
“Harassing reporters is nothing but a new strategy to hide corruption,” RAC President Mohiuddin Ahmed and General Secretary Ahmed Foyez said in the statement.
The RAC leaders urged everyone to refrain from such “condemnable” practices.