The government scrapped the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists including Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Abed Khan, Emdadul Haque Milon.
A gazette notification, signed by Md Nizamul Kabir, chief information officer of the Press Information Department (PID) under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, was issued in this regard on November 3.
The accreditation was cancelled under sections 6.9, 6.10, 9.5 and 9.6 of the Press Accreditation Principle-2022, it said.
The journalists whose Press accreditation cards were cancelled are- Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul of TV Today, Imdadul Haq Milon of Kaler Kantha, Rahul Saha of News24, Nurul Amin Prabhas of ATN News, Sohel Haider Chowdhury of Daily Destiny, Mohammad Manzurul Islam of DBC News, Ahmed Zobayer of Somoy TV, Abed Khan of Daily Jagaran, Joydev Chandra Das of News24, Deep Azad of Nagarik TV, ZI Mamun of ATN Bangla, Md Omar Faruque of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Hosne Ara Mamata Islam Soma of Channel i, Masuda Bhatti of Daily Amader Arthoneeti, Kuddus Afrad of Daily Purbakon, Saiful Islam of Baishakhi TV, Naznin Nahar Munni of DBC News, Freelancer Nadim Kadir, Madhusudhan Mondal of BSS, Ashish Ghosh Saikat of Independent TV, Zafarullah Sharafat of Dainik Bangla, Kishore Kumar Sarker of Dainik Anandabazar, Rafiqul Islam Ratan of Daily Bangladesh Bulletin, Nasir Uddin of My TV, Ashikur Rahman of RTV, Akhil Kumar Podder of Ekushey TV, Anjan Roy of Gazi TV, RTV’s CEO Ashiqur Rahman, and Daily Bhorer Kagaj’s news editor Ikhtiar Uddin.
Earlier, the government scrapped the press accreditation cards of 20 journalists including Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Farzana Rupa, and Farida Yasmin.
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday said that it is "concerned" by the interim information ministry's announcement revoking the press accreditation of 20 journalists, four of whom remain detained in "apparent retaliation" for their support of the Awami League.
MSH