Trend of positive news publish increased in local level
Different social crime and development news published in the month of May-June at ten coastal areas in the country. Positive news published more due to change of political situation in this two month. This information is provided by local journalists. All these information quoted from an investigative survey on the types of news and the torture news of journalists, conducted by Mass-line Media Centre (MMC) in the month of May-June 2007 at ten coastal areas.Journalists of Pirojpur, Feni, Jhalokati, Patuakhali, Barguna, Betagi, Pathorghata and Bamna, didn’t face any resist to collect the information from different offices. In every district published positive news in this time. After publishing different development reports, authority has given hope to take necessary steps. As a result some activities have taken like establish hawkers market in a fixed place and cases filed against few musclemen and sent to jail them. Journalists of few districts couldn’t publish report on the activities of joint forces for the legal obligation. In Bagerhat, army warrant officer ordered journalists not to publish negative news on the activities of joint forces. Joint forces have ordered to check out all reports on the fertilizer crises and flood crisis related reports before publish. Administrations controlled advertisement policy in this time. Government supported newspaper got most advertises in present time. Sometimes powerful terrorists and brokers were active on journalists and newspaper in spite of emergency situation. But involvement of joint forces have decreased on May-June. Media based organization Mass-line Media Centre (MMC) arranged World Press Freedom issue on May. Another activity for professional development of journalists and improvement of newspaper in this time also carried out. MMC organized meeting, seminars, training, meeting of exchange opinion and rally almost every district. Moreover, different non-government organizations like: Pirojpur Gano Unnayan Samiti, CDI and PDF organized a press conference with the journalists.
World Press Freedom Day 2007 followed about every district on May first week. Mass-line Media Centre (MMC) was in active role as an organizer.
Journalists’ Torture: Case file after three years
Md. Nasir photojournalists of Ajker Paribarton and Nuruzzaman of Daily Dakkhinanchal were harassed by cadre of an arrested local MP at
Gofran Bishaws, the correspondent of Daily Star and Observer and Shamsul Alam, the correspondent of Bangla Bazar and Vozhori Kundu, the correspondent of Sangbad of Kalaroa, attacked by terrorist on 15 March 2004. They took away Gofran’s camera. A normal dairy filed on