At least 20,000 workers, most from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector, were reportedly laid off or retrenched across ...

Stars gathered at the Bangladesh-China Friendship International Conference Centre yesterday evening for the 27th Meril–Prothom Alo Awards 2025, coming together to celebrate excellence in film, ...

Amnesty International reported Wednesday that the most widely circulated newspaper in Bangladesh, Prothom Alo, has been declared an “enemy” by the Bangladeshi government, a move that Amnesty termed an ...

Executive Editor of Bangladesh's leading daily Prothom Alo, Sajjad Sharif, on Friday said that miscreants vandalised and set fire to the media house, forcing journalists to flee the office and halting ...

IFEX joins ARTICLE 19 and Free Press Unlimited in calling on the authorities in Bangladesh to stop the legal harassment of 'Prothom Alo' journalists and end the broader crackdown on press freedom.

Protesters in Bangladesh on Monday surrounded the offices of one of the few remaining independent newspapers, Prothom Alo, in the latest mass demonstrations demanding that critical media close. The ...

Bangladesh's high court granted bail on Sunday to Matiur Rahman, one of the country's most respected editors, after he was charged under a controversial digital law. Matiur Rahman, 78, the editor of ...

At least 20,000 workers in Bangladesh’s garment sector lost their jobs in the first half of 2026, according to new […] ...

We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the violent attacks on December 18, 2025 on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, two of South Asia’s oldest and most reputed media institutions, and the ...