Noted Bangladeshi journalist and Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Board Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul has been appointed Chairman of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize for 2013.  The nomination was announced by Irina Bokhova, UNESCO Director-General, at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris. Bulbul will lead a 12-member international jury consisting of editors, senior […]

At least 18 journalists were injured in Bangladesh Friday when supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami Islamist party attacked them, shouting slogans following Friday’s Juma weekly prayers in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Nineteen Islamist organisations staged demonstrations. Talking to journalists near the Baitul Mukarram national mosque, Md Nazmul, deputy commissioner of police in Motijheel division, told The […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned two recent attacks on journalists in Bangladesh and called on authorities to conduct full investigations into the incidents. News website bdnews24.com reported today that Senior Correspondent Sumon Mahbub was targeted last night by the driver of a vehicle who struck Mahbub as he rode his motorcycle and fled […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the murder of Jamal Uddin, a journalist with the Bengali-language daily newspaper Gramer Kagoj. According to local news reports, Uddin was attacked by unidentifiable assailants with sharp weapons at a tea stall in the Jessore district, south-western Bangladesh, at 11 pm. on June 15. Local residents rushed […]