Two television journalists were found stabbed to death on Saturday, Feb. 11, in their home in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. The motive of the killing is unknown and police have yet to determine whether it is related to their work. Police said authorities are investigating the killing of Sagar Sarwar and his wife, Mehrun […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) on Thursday expressed dismay at the alleged assault of a journalist by a Bangladeshi MP whom the reporter was attempting to interview over allegations that a decision by the MP, in his role as president of a school managing committee, to charge higher admission fees was in violation of the […]

Over 20 representatives of Bangladesh’s print and broadcast media have met in the country’s capital, Dhaka, to discuss threats and challenges facing the media in Bangladesh, and possible solutions. The meeting, held on 10 January 2011 at the Jatri auditorium, at Karwan Bazaar, Dhaka, was organized by the IPI Bangladesh National Committee as part of […]

Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, a celebrated Bangladeshi journalist, has made it to the jury panel that will pick the winner of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize from 2011 to 2013. In selecting Bulbul for the jury, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova mentioned Bulbul’s “profound attachment to the principle of press freedom and the considerable […]