Jatiya Press Club

Jatiya Press Club suspends 37 members

The Jatiya Press Club has suspended 37 members for “inciting killings” during the student-led uprising in July. They were also accused of being the allies of the deposed authoritarian government

Bus torched near Jatiya Press Club

A bus was set on fire near National Press Club in Dhaka this afternoon amid the three-day countrywide blockade enforced by BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.

Enforced Disappearance: 40 families'painful wait lingers on

At a crowded room of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, eight-year old Adiba Islam Hridi cried softly while sitting on her mother's lap.

Demand for MPO Facilities: Teachers go on fast unto death

After staging a sit-in for five consecutive days at the Jatiya Press Club, teachers and employees of non-MPO education institutions yesterday started their fast unto death demanding inclusion in the government's Monthly Pay Order (MPO).

‘Ensure labour rights in informal sector’

Leaders of Bangladesh Labour Rights Forum stage a demonstration in Dhaka demanding amendment to the Bangladesh Labour Act ensuring labour rights for all workers in the informal sector.

9th wage board: Journos stage demo in Dhaka

Journalists stage a demonstration blocking a road in front of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka today demanding formation of the ninth wage board.

JnU students to boycott classes, exams tomorrow

Agitating students of Jagannath University have called for boycotting all academic activities including examination at their university tomorrow to press home their demands for residential halls on the land of Dhaka’s old central jail.

Man shot, Tk 20 lakh mugged in Dhaka

Unidentified muggers shoot an employee of a textile mill and snatch away Tk 20 lakh from him in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka’s Topkhana road.

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud freed on bail

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud is released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur.

August 17, 2016
August 17, 2016

JnU students to boycott classes, exams tomorrow

Agitating students of Jagannath University have called for boycotting all academic activities including examination at their university tomorrow to press home their demands for residential halls on the land of Dhaka’s old central jail.

July 2, 2016
July 2, 2016

Man shot, Tk 20 lakh mugged in Dhaka

Unidentified muggers shoot an employee of a textile mill and snatch away Tk 20 lakh from him in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka’s Topkhana road.

June 22, 2016
June 22, 2016

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud freed on bail

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud is released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur.

June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016

Namaj-e-janaza of Fahim Munaim held at Jatiya Press Club

The first namaj-e-janaza of Syed Fahim Munaim, chief executive officer and chief editor at Maasranga Television, has been held on the premises of Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.

May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016

Families want their ‘missing’ dear ones back

Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.

May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016

Changes only after talks with journalists

Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice Md Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed yesterday categorically said no changes would be brought to the Press Council Act if journalists opposed.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Won’t support any law against journalists’ interests: Press Council chief

Chairman of Bangladesh Press Council Justice Mohammed Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed says he would not approve any law that goes against the interests of journalists.

January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016

CJ's remark jolted govt's base, says BNP

BNP senior leader Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman says Chief Justice (CJ) SK Sinha's recent remark on signing and writing judgement after retirement has shaken the foundation of the current government like a tremor.

January 10, 2016
January 10, 2016

Road crashes killed at least 8,642 last year

At least 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 others were injured in road crashes across the country last year.

November 5, 2015
November 5, 2015

Gonojagoron Mancha to hold solidarity rally tomorrow

Police stop Gonojagoron Mancha’s token coffin march to the home ministry, brought out in protest to the killings of free thinkers and a publisher, near Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.