Authorities must ensure journalists’ safety, uphold press freedom

Journalists yesterday slammed the government for failing to protect media houses and workers from mob violence, saying stalled reforms and bureaucratic inertia have left the press more vulnerable than ever.

The image of a burnt copy of The Daily Star, dated Victory Day, is difficult to shake off. It stays with you long after you scroll past it on your social media newsfeed—not because it is dramatic, but because of what it reveals.

For an aspiring journalist like myself, there could not have been a better training ground than the East Bengal Times.

Self-regulation is a moral and accountable means through which the media makes itself responsible to the public

Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.

Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, authors of Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (2025), discuss how governments worldwide manipulate the media, reshape public perception, and construct competing realities in an age of digital disinformation. The interview was conducted by Shamsuddoza Sajen of The Daily Star.

The Daily Star joins the freedom-loving world today in observing the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists.

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.

More than half of the countries, registered a drop in one of the five key democracy indicators between 2019 and 2024

Muktadir Rashid Romeo verbally abused, forced out of courtroom

In response to concerns of the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh regarding overall media freedom and journalists’ safety, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing yesterday said there has been “no government interference” in media operations since it took office.

He also criticised the growing climate of fear and self-censorship in the media

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday said steps must be taken to ensure that no one can directly interfere with the media in the future like it was done during the ousted Sheikh Hasina government.

The changes proposed by the Media Reform Commission will address journalist vulnerabilities.

How political cartoons in Bangladesh overcame censorship post July uprising.

The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam's appeal to the ‘new generation leaders’

I have fought for press freedom my entire life, he said

Journalists today must be both defenders of truth and advocates for change within the profession and in the wider society.

With news of his newfound freedom making headlines, many may struggle to recall the original charges against him and the debates he sparked on free speech and journalistic practices