‘Journalism should be all about whole truth, not partial’
‘Journalism should be all about whole truth, not partial’

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists Union (BFUJ) secretary general and Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad member secretary Kader Gani Chowdhury said, Journalism should be about revealing the whole truth, not the partial. White should be called white and black should be called black. We...

Govt won’t interfere with press freedom like AL: Press secy
Govt won’t interfere with press freedom like AL: Press secy

Shafiqul Alam, press secretary of the chief adviser, said on Saturday that the incumbent government will not interfere with the freedom of press that the Awami League exercised during its 15 years in power. The freedom of press cannot be interfered. We wont do anything that will gag their...

Palestinian Journalist killed during security operation in Jenin
Palestinian Journalist killed during security operation in Jenin

A journalist was fatally shot in the West Bank city of Jenin during a security operation, her family reported Sunday, citing local media via the Middle East Monitor. The family identified the victim as Shatha Sabbagh, alleging she was killed by gunfire from security forces on Saturday evening in...

Journalists can enter secretariat with temporary passes
Journalists can enter secretariat with temporary passes

Government has decided to allow journalists to enter the secretariat with temporary passes from tomorrow (Dec 30) for the next 15 days. After that, they will be able to enter the premises with permanent passes, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said today (Dec 29),...

Journalist access to secretariat restricted for security
Journalist access to secretariat restricted for security

The decision to restrict journalists access to the Secretariat was taken in view of the safety and security of the Key Point Installation (KPI), which was hit by a devastating fire this week, said the interim government on Saturday. The government regrets the inconvenience and seeks cooperation...

Israeli strike kills 5 journalists in Gaza
Israeli strike kills 5 journalists in Gaza

Five journalists have been killed in an overnight Israeli strike that hit their vehicle in Gaza, a hospital and their news outlet said in a statement on Thursday. The vehicle, belonging to Al-Quds Today Television, was parked outside Al-Awda Hospital when it was hit, according to the hospital....

Israel’s targeted killings of Palestinian journalists constitute war crimes
Israel’s targeted killings of Palestinian journalists constitute war crimes

Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), says Israels killing of Palestinian journalists is part of a systematic attempt to censor information coming out of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. We are reliant on [Palestinian journalists] for...

104 journalists killed worldwide in 2024
104 journalists killed worldwide in 2024

This year has been particularly deadly for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza, reports AFP. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) shared the information Tuesday. AFP quoted IFJ general secretary Anthony Bellanger as saying the toll for 2024 is...

USA condemns ‘unjust’ sentencing of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu
USA condemns ‘unjust’ sentencing of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu

The United States condemned the sentencing of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on November 29 by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) for alleged espionage. The U.S. Department of State expressed deep concern over the case, asserting that Dongs conviction is a...

Israel’s killing of 3 journalists a ‘war crime’: Lebanese minister
Israel’s killing of 3 journalists a ‘war crime’: Lebanese minister

Lebanons information minister has said the Israeli military waited for journalists in Lebanons southern Hasbaiyya to go to sleep before launching a deliberate air strike on them, reports Al Jazeera. The three slain journalists from the Al Mayadeen and al-Manar TV channels had been transmitting...