New York Times journalist Sydney Schanberg, who covered 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, dies
Pulitzer Prize winner journalist Sydney H Schanberg is no more but we are remembering him from our core of heart for his contribution to report on Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He was among the foreign journalists, who were so shocked to see the brutalities and carnage carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces and […]
Bangladesh needs more female journalists to promote gender equality in media
News Network has been running a fellowship programme for over a decade to encourage young women to take up journalism as a profession and increase their number in media. It is one of the most successful and trend setting programme of News Network. Many of those fellows are now well placed in both print and […]
The United Nations Democracy Fund highlights News Network’s activities
The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) highlights News Network activities in its recent published newsletter. News Network with the support from UNDEF is implementing a project, ‘Rural Media Development for Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Bangladesh’. It aims to strengthen democracy and human rights in social life through media development in rural areas by […]
Global Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry
Charles G. Brown, President of World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry. He is a former Attorney General of the state of West Virginia. As part of his global campaign on mercury free-dentistry Mr. Brown visited Bangladesh from 6 -7 June. News Network is one of the Bangladesh organisations supporting the campaign in Bangladesh Following the Minamata […]
Bangladesh’s First Female Journalist, Nurjahan Begum No More
Nurjahan Begum, the first female journalist in Bangladesh and a trailblazer for female journalists in South Asia, has died on 23 May 2016. She was the editor of Begum magazine, the first magazine for women in the subcontinent, for the last 65 years. Ms Begum was dedicated to the magazine – editing it up until […]
Development Opportunities for Journalists
Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats The Thomson Reuters Foundation, in partnership with the Stanley Foundation and Gerda Henkel Stiftung, is launching a new programme which will support journalists to uncover emerging threats in specific communities, countries or regions worldwide, and bring these stories to a wide audience. Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats provides a unique opportunity for […]
Media has a major role to mobilize public for democratic practices and human rights
On June 2, 2016 News Network met with editors, executive editors and news editors of newspapers in Sylhet to discuss the role of the media houses in promoting democracy and human rights through in-depth reports, features and columns. Shahiduzzaman, editor of News Network and Farid Hossain, Dhaka correspondent of Time magazine conducted the session. Sylhet […]
Editor’s Note:
Dear Friends and Colleagues, eNewsletter is a new effort of News Network , a leading non-profit media support organisation of Bangladesh, to share information and initiatives around the world, as it envisages a nation where citizens are aware of their rights, enjoy freedom of expression, dignity of life, gender equality and free media. Since its […]
150 years old press that still works
More 150 years ago, the elite Bangalis involved in industrial production of indigo used to treat the farmers and workers inhumanely. During that time, Kangal Harinath Majumder, an employee of a British-owned indigo production factory, witnessed the cruel manner how the workers, who sacrificed their sweat and blood, were being exploited by the zamindars and […]
The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16 report released
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day with the launch of The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16. The 14th annual report outlines the press freedom in South Asia’s media over the past year. In the period under review (May, […]