A team of Election Commission led by CEC Kazi Habibul Awal pays tributes to the Liberation War martyrs placing floral wreaths at Savar National Memorial on Tuesday. NN photo

Media should run freely and fearlessly

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ordered the withdrawal of rules punishing journalists held to be responsible for distributing ‘fake news’, giving no reason for the change, less than 24 hours after the original announcement. The move followed an outcry by journalists and opposition politicians that the rules represented an attack on the freedom of the press and an effort by Modi’s government to rein in free speech ahead of a general election due next year. On Monday, the...

5 Apr 2018, 12:00 am