Govt scraps press accreditation of 29 more journos

The government today scrapped the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 29 more journalists including Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Abed Khan, Emdadul Haque Milon, Rahul Raha, Zahirul Islam Mamun, Dip Azad, Masuda Bhatti, Naznin Nahar Munni, Nurul Amin Probhas, Mohammed Manzurul Islam.
An order was issued in this regard, signed by Md Nizamul Kabir, chief information officer of the Press Information Department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The gazette reads the accreditation was cancelled under sections 6.9, 6.10, 9.5 and 9.6 of the Press Accreditation Principle-2022.
Late last month, 20 journalists lost their accreditation in a similar fashion.
Among those whose accreditation has been scrapped today are Daily Destiny’s Sohel Haider Chowdhury, Somoy TV’s Ahmed Zobayer, News24’s Joydev Chandra Das, BSS’s Md Omar Faruque, Kaler Kantho’s Haider Ali , Soma Islam of Channel I , Daily Purbakon’s Kuddus Afrad, Baishakhi TV’s Saiful Islam, Freelancer Nadim Kadir, BSS’s Madhusudhan Mondal, Independent TV’s Ashish Ghosh Saikat, Dainik Bangla’s Zafarullah Sharafat, Dainik Anandabazar’s Kishore Kumar Sarker, Daily Bangladesh Bulletin’s Rafiqul Islam Ratan, My TV’s Nasir Uddin, Ekushey TV’s Akhil Kumar Podder, Gazi TV’s Anjan Roy, RTV’s CEO Ashiqur Rahman, and Daily Bhorer Kagaj’s news editor Ikhtiar Uddin.