Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza
Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza

Israel has been deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza since the war escalated on 7 October 2023, according to journalist and author Antony Lowenstein, who points to a growing body of evidence documenting attacks on media workers in the occupied Palestinian territory, reports UNB. Speaking...

New policy sets press accreditation card validity to 3 years
New policy sets press accreditation card validity to 3 years

New accreditation policy titled Press Accreditation Policy, 2025 has been formulated for issuing accreditation cards to Bangladeshi journalists working for both national and international media outlets within Bangladesh. The newly formulated policy aims to update the current policy, according to...

Tarique Rahman's view exchange with injured photojournalists Monday
Tarique Rahman's view exchange with injured photojournalists Monday

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will exchange views with the photojournalists, injured during the July-August uprising, on Monday. He will also provide financial assistance to them and their family members as the chief guest at a function in Dhaka organised by...

Zulkarnain Saer labels Transcom Group under Simeen Rahman as dangerous mafia
Zulkarnain Saer labels Transcom Group under Simeen Rahman as dangerous mafia

UK-based Bangladeshi investigative journalist Zulkarnain Saer, affiliated with Qatars Al Jazeera, has accused Transcom Group of being a mafia under CEO Simeen Rahmans leadership. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Saer called for justice for the suspicious death of Simeen Rahmans brother, Arshad...

Policy on journalists' accreditation to publish in a week
Policy on journalists' accreditation to publish in a week

A new policy on accreditation cards for journalists will be published within a week, Chief Advisers Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said on Wednesday. He disclosed this at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital. Azad said a committee has been formed to...

Hamas frees four Israeli hostages
Hamas frees four Israeli hostages

Palestine resistance movement Hamas on Saturday handed over to the Red Cross four Israeli women hostages under a truce deal in the Gaza war that is also expected to see a second group of Palestinian prisoners freed. An AFP journalist witnessed the handover after the four were presented on a...