The Digital Security Act must go, before it inflicts further harm

Here are four books that explore the stories of journalists, and the issues surrounding press freedom.

Media plurality, though essential in all democracies, has sadly become a tool for drowning out independent and critical voices.

When journalists sought to be biased, but only towards people.

A free and independent press is essential for any democratic society, and journalists must be allowed to report on issues of public interest without fear of retaliation or censorship.

We support the call of UN rights chief in this regard

While the manner in which the DSA is being defended is nothing new, the timing bears significance

Political violence has reached an alarming level in Bangladesh

Milton shows how the erroneous use of censorship laws have hindered progress even in the quest for scientific truth.

Online violence against female journalists is one of the most serious global threats to press freedom and has contributed to female reporters being murdered, a new global report has found.

Proposed hefty fines for journalists are unrealistic

Journalism in Bangladesh is under siege on the digital front, beginning from surveillance to draconian laws.

Bangladesh has slipped ten notches in this year's World Press Freedom Index, by Reporters Without Borders, also known as Reporters sans frontières (RSF).

The Editors’ Council today called upon the authorities concerned to reform the Digital Security Act in order to ensure press freedom in the country.

The Writer’s Block

Defamation laws are being widely misused in the country curtailing the freedom of expression and press, and ultimately forcing many to undergo self-censorship, experts said at a roundtable yesterday.

Press freedom was a fundamental pillar of modern civilisation. Nearly all countries, save the communist bloc and the dictatorial regimes, ensured special protection for the media in their constitutions.

A Russian journalist known for investigating corruption among Moscow city officials has been detained by police and accused of drug offences, the police say, but his lawyer and employer claim that he has been framed.

The reason we say that this “request” couldn’t have come from our Supreme Court judges is that the implication of the “request” is nothing short of death for court reporting. It will lead to shrouding of the judicial process and whatever goes on in the courts into the darkness of night forever depriving it of the “light” of public scrutiny.

United States President Donald Trump among other top world leaders was awarded for “his overall achievement in undermining press freedom”, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says.