Media reform Bangladesh

Country in urgent need of law to protect journalism

Bangladesh urgently needs an independent media commission and laws to protect journalism and journalists in order to strengthen press freedom, speakers said at an event yesterday.

How our media got politicised

How did our media get to a place where censorship is rampant and media organisations pander to political parties?

Has the media gotten out of the grip of (self-)censorship?

Failing to pursue these fundamental reforms at this critical moment would perpetuate the past practice of media suppression.