Home Minister Sahara Khatun was advised to talk to media after knowing the facts on the topics. At a regular cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the home minister came under criticism for her comment that she does not know about deployment of India's own security personnel at its high commission in Dhaka.
Reports published in a section of the press that some army officers were involved in the bomb attack on Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh, MPs' car has created serious reaction in concerned quarters. The government, as it appears, has defused the tension that arose among intelligence agencies over the reported arrest of some members of the disciplined forces. The Army Headquarters in a statement said the army sincerely expects that the media will not publish any information about the disciplined force without having concrete information about incidents," an ISPR press release said yesterday.
Almost 100 senior leaders from both Awami League and BNP had met the then army chief General Moeen U Ahmed requesting him to launch a new political party as, the politicians claimed, they had been fed up with the two ladies. It was how the minus-two formula came up in the media, said Lt Gen Masududdin Chowdhury, a powerful general during the emergency rule, who is currently serving as Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia.
The Supreme Court has asked all including the media and lawyers to be restraint in delivering briefing on the Bangabandhu murder appeals hearing. The court ended second day's hearing at 1:30pm on Tuesday.
When the government blames the media for instigating price hikes of essentials, market observers say inaction and lack of preparation on the part of the government mainly invited volatility in the market.
Finance minister AMA Muhit on Sunday blamed the media for hyping concerns over price hikes in kitchen markets essentials, claiming instead that consumers were content with the situation.
A prankster caught major private television stations off guard yesterday and made them air false news about the expansion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cabinet.
The Inter-Service Public Relation Directorate has asked private television channels to take necessary steps to inform talk-show anchors and participants not to make comments that could undermine the Bangladesh Army.
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এ কথা সবারই জানা শফিক রেহমান সাহেব কে এবং সাংবাদিক হিসাবে তিনি কাদের স্বার্থ রক্ষা করে থাকেন। বাংলাদেশের মিডিয়া পচনশীল রাজনীতির জাড়জ সন্তানদের অন্যতম সন্তান। রাজনীতিবিদ্রা কোটি কোটি টাকা বিনিয়োগ করে থাকেন নির্বাচনী বৈতরনী পার হওয়ার মানষে, এবং একবার পার হয়ে কাংখিত বন্দরে পৌছানো গেলে শুরু হয় রাষ্ট্রিয় কোষগারের সাথে প্রনয় লীলা। আজকে বাংলাদেশের তরংগে ভাসছে অগুনিত টিভি এবং রেডিও প্রচার, দৈনিক, সাপ্তাহিক এবং মাসিক পত্রিকায় সায়লাব হয়ে গেছে জনপদ। মালিকানার তলা ঘাটতে গেলে বেরিয়ে আসে শফিক রেহমানদের কদাকার, কুৎসিত চেহারা। বিনিয়োগকৃত অর্থ কি খোয়াবী তাবিজের মত চাইলেই পাওয়া যায়?
World Press Freedom Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the world today with a call for strengthening efforts to ensure freedom of press and expression.
