Monthly Archive: February 2013

Creating the atmosphere, It starts with an explosive headline, “HC Juge runs anti-Rajib campaign“. Bdnews24.com says that a High Court judge on Monday distributed copies of a report among his colleagues that termed slain blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider ‘Murtad’ (apostate). It mentions that Rajib, a leading activist of the Shahbagh movement, was killed by unidentified …

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According to Wikipedia,  Journalism ethics and standards comprise principles of ethics and of good practice as applicable to the specific challenges faced by journalists. Historically and currently, this subset of media ethics is widely known to journalists as their professional “code of ethics” or the “canons of journalism”.  While various existing codes have some differences, …

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Blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider, 35, was hacked to death near his home in the capital Dhaka Friday night. He was known to be actively involved in the Shahbag protests demanding the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami party leaders who are on trials for war crimes. The police said that Rajib, hacked in the face and throat, was …

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Three dead people. Yes, three dead people. It is a statistic that won’t bother many in a country where death by natural causes is becoming more of a blessing than a reality. Three people died today in the national strike called by opposition party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.  The reasons, 1. 4 activists were killed last Friday …

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On the 15th of February, after Jumuah prayers, a procession was brought out under the banner the Maulana Sayedee Mukti Parishad at Bazarghata area of Cox’s Bazaar, with supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatro Shibir and the Olama Mashayekh. As the procession went east through the main road of the city, hundreds of musallis joined it …

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Sat, 16 Feb, 2013 12:03:41 AM  A conflict of interest has been observed among the protesters at Shahbag between the Chatro League, the other student organizations of the 14 party alliance and the bloggers leading the protest movement that has been demanding the hanging of Abdul Kader Mollah and all accused standing trial for war …

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Country wide demonstrations were held today under the banner of the Olama Mashayekh Porishod, where protesters demanded release of detained Jamaat leaders facing trials under the internationally controversial ICT. At Shewrapara in Dhaka, a group of protesters gathered after Jummah prayers to demonstrate under the umbrella of the Porishod. Among them were Jamaat Shibir members …

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Strong condemnation and protest to the ill effort to shift guilt of a bank employee’s death on Chhatrashibir Jafar Munsi died due to police-y attacks Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir strongly slated and protested against the ill effort made some electronic as well as online media including the online portal of the Daily Prothom Alo to shift …

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A protest procession was scheduled to be held under the leadership of Olama Ekram Pir Mashayekh Janata Mancha at Dhaka on Tueday at Motijheel area at around 10:00 am, to demand for the unconditional release of Islamic leaders detained in the name of war crimes trials, especially Delwar Hossain Sayedee.  Both Amar Desh and Naya …

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Well, 12.02.13 was a violent day in Bangladesh, mainly due to the clashes between Jamaat-Shibir supporters and the police.This was evident in the media which published the news. However the polarity in the media was alarming, given the current political scenario in Bangladesh. Left wing and pro government media portrayed a violent picture of Jamaat-Shibir …

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