Desk Report: Journalists have boycotted a press conference of NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain and Senior Joint Member Secretary Tasnim Zara, alleging that some leaders and activists of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) misbehaved with journalists. The incident took place at around 9:45 am today (October 2) at the VIP gate of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Akhtar Hossain and Tasnim Zara were not at the scene at the time. Later, the NCP media cell expressed its regret in a statement. Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to…
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Journalist fired for posting about Gaza to receive 2.5 crore taka
Desk Report: The court has ordered the Australian national broadcaster ABC to pay a fine of 150,000 Australian dollars for wrongfully dismissing journalist Antoinette Latuff. In Bengali, this is more than 12 million taka in local currency. However, even before this compensation, the company paid her another 70,000 dollars (more than 56 million taka). On Wednesday (September 24), Australian Federal Court Justice Daryl Rangaia said that the additional large fine was imposed so that the ABC could learn a lesson. As a result, Latuff will receive 220,000 Australian dollars (more…
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