State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid holds the copies of a book titled ‘Genocide 1971-Pancha Vaskorer Jatra’ at its cover unwrapping ceremony in the city on Friday.

Arrest without court`s order is a mortal threat to press freedom

The country’s freedom of the press has been once more put to the sword following the Cabinet’s approval of the draft Digital Security Act-2018. By now, a number of experts and journalists have voiced their fear saying – the new draft will be misused against the people’s right to freely express their opinion. As a responsible newspaper for decades, we are apprehensive as well, since Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act has been retained in another form...

31 Jan 2018, 12:00 am