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‘Rozina in jail as she exposed graft’
Protests rage on for fifth day
Journalists of Prothom Alo and the paper’s fans hold a candle-light vigil near their office in the capital’s Karwan Bazar, demanding release of their colleague Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who has been sued under the Official Secrets Act and arrested. The reporter, currently in jail, had written several in-depth reports on corruption in the health sector amid the pandemic. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Demonstrations to demand the immediate release of Prothom Alo journalist Rozina Islam raged on for the fifth day, with different organisations yesterday staging protest rallies, human chains and a token hunger strike.
More 2000 journalists to get assistance amid COVID-19: Hasan
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DHAKA, April 25, 2021 (BSS)- Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said that the government has taken a decision to provide assistance to 2,000 more journalists as part of its financial assistance to the newsmen to help them tide over their problems amid the Coronavirus crisis.
The minister, also the chairman of Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust, informed this to reporters after an emergency meeting of the trust at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital.
Information Secretary and also trustee board vice chairman Khaja Mia addressed the meeting through online.
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 24 Feb 2021 09:25 PM BdST
Updated: 24 Feb 2021 09:25 PM BdST
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists or BFUJ has demanded punitive action against the people who pressured bdnews24.com to take down old reports. );
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The pressure from the “evil forces” will not only call into question the government’s sincerity to establish independent media, but it will also hamper the government effort to strengthen democracy, BFUJ President Molla Jalal and Acting Secretary General Abdul Majid said in a statement on Wednesday.
Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, spoke extensively at a press conference on Feb 18 on “bizarre” attempts to muffle journalism by the influential people.
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