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Bangladesh protests: Osman Hadi's body reaches Dhaka; presses go quiet at newspapers torched by mob

New Delhi: Protests continued to take place in Bangladesh on Friday (December 19) afternoon, a day after they erupted in response to the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi and morphed into ...
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

Govt. raises advertisement rates for newspapers, periodicals

The government today issued an executive order enhancing rates for its advertisements in newspapers of different categories, ...
The Gulf Today

Protesters torch newspaper offices in Dhaka after student leader's death, staff trapped

Firefighters pulled journalists from their burning newsroom on Friday after the building was set ablaze during violent demonstrations in Bangladesh's capital. Thousands of protesters were brought to ...
Yahoo

Bangladeshi newspaper editors protest digital security law

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE- In this May 3, 2016 file photo, Bangladeshi journalists cover proceedings outside a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An ...
Indiatimes

‘Journalists were scared to death': Bangladesh newspaper Prothom Alo goes unpublished for first time in 27 years; editor recounts 'darkest night' of media attack

A mob of protesters set the offices of Bangladeshi newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star on fire after Sharif Osman Hadi, Bangladesh’s youth leader, was killed after being shot in the head on ...
Seattle Times

Bangladeshi newspaper editors protest digital security law

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An influential body of newspaper editors in Bangladesh on Saturday criticized the government for a new digital security law that they say will stifle constitutionally ...