Articles by Media Watch
Newspaper office attacked
(MW/IFEX) – Two newspaper offices in Dhaka were attacked by a group of angry political worker on 7 November 1998. The group attacked the daily “Ittefaq” office and tried to enter the premises but failed. When the security guard closed the gate, the group threw stones, breaking windows and hitting the reporting room of the […]
Bangladesh editor killed
(Media Watch/IFEX)- Saiful Alam Mukul, editor of the “Daily Runner”, was killed by some gunmen on the night of 30 August 1998 in Jessore, a south eastern district town in Bangladesh. Police and hospital sources confirmed the news. The deputy commissioner of Jessore said Saiful Alam Mukul was returning to his Bejpara residence when the […]
Threatened journalists at Dhaka University receive apologies and promise of protection
(MW/IFEX) – According to Media Watch, on 12 August 1998, the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University and the President and Secretary of the Chattra League went to the Dhaka University Journalists’ Association office, where the vice-chancellor assured the journalists that they would receive full protection from university authorities to perform their professional duties without incident. The […]
Foreign Ministry reverses decision to deny journalists access to Ministry premises
(MW/IFEX) – According to Media Watch, on 13 August 1998, the Foreign Ministry officially withdrew its order denying journalists entry onto the Ministry’s premises. In a formal meeting with the Diplomatic Correspondent Association of Bangladesh, Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad announced the withdrawal of the order and declared his full support for the journalists and […]
Two journalists receive death threats
(MW/IFEX) – On 10 August 1998, two Bangladeshi journalists received death threats on the campus of Dhaka University (in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh). Kailash Sarker, university correspondent for the daily “Sangbad”, and a correspondent for the daily “Janakantha”, surname Mamun, were threatened with death by a top-ranking leader of the Chattra league, the […]
Bangladesh journalists harassed
(MW/IFEX) – On 26 July, 1998, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry issued an order denying any journalist entry onto the Ministry’s premises. After a meeting of the top-ranking officers of the Ministry, it was decided that no officer of the Ministry will talk to any journalist regarding their professional requests. The Ministry also ignored the journalists’ […]