Press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists canceled

The Press Information Department (PID) has revoked the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards of 30 more journalists.

This information was provided in an order signed by PID’s chief information officer Md Nizamul Kabir on Sunday (November 3).

The order mentioned that the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards previously issued by the Press Information Department to these journalists have been revoked in accordance with the Press Accreditation Policy.

The journalists whose Accreditation Card were cancelled are TV Today’s Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Kaler Kantha’s Imdadul Haq Milon, News24’s Rahul Saha, ATN News’s Nurul Amin Prabhas, Daily Destiny’s Sohel Haider Chowdhury, DBC News’s Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Somoy TV’s Ahmed Zobayer, Daily Jagaran’s Abed Khan, News24’s Joydev Chandra Das, Nagarik TV’s Deep Azad, ATN Bangla’s ZI Mamun, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangsthar Md Omar Faruque, Hosne Ara Mamata Islam Soma of Channel i, Daily Amader Arthoneeti Masuda Bhatti, Daily Purbakon’s Kuddus Afrad, Baishakhi TV’s Saiful Islam, DBC News’s Naznin Nahar Munni, 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, RTV’s Ashikur Rahman, 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.

Earlier on October 29, the Press Information Department cancelled Press Accreditation Card of 20 journalists and officials affiliated with the Awami League.