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"Darkest night; attack on freedom of speech, news media": Executive Editor
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Calling it the "darkest night" for journalism in the country, Prothom Alo Executive Editor Sajjad Sharif on Friday said the vandalism of the newspaper's office in Dhaka's Karwanbazar was a direct assault on freedom of speech and the news media in Bangladesh, forcing the newspaper to halt pri
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Media offices torched, journalists targeted; uneasy calm in Dhaka after ni
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Dhaka and several other cities in Bangladesh witnessed intense unrest late Thursday night following the death of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, with mobs attacking media houses, political offices, cultural institutions and private residences, triggering widespread vandalis
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Protests erupt in Bangladesh post activist's death, major media offices se
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The attack on Prothom Alo's office began around 12 midnight on Thursday. Later, the Daily Star was attacked.
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BJP MP Shashank Mani criticises West Bengal government after stampede at M
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
BJP MP Shashank Mani on Wednesday criticised West Bengal Mamata Banerjee over the chaos and vandalism at Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. He said that the chaos reflects the total failure of the state government.
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"Not only was there total mismanagement...there was also attempt to hide t
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday pulled up the state government for the chaos and vandalism at Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, saying that the CEO of Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) tried to hide the truth.
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"People chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' committed vandalism, football fans didn't"
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Following the chaos during the GOAT India Tour of football icon Lionel Messi at Salt Lake Stadium, TMC leader Kunal Ghosh asked if the bedlam was orchestrated to defame Kolkata, and an investigation should be conducted to find out whether this was done deliberately or not.
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"TMC has become symbol of complete mismanagement, chaos": Shehzad Poonawal
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Angry fans resorted to vandalism at the Kolkata stadium, alleging poor event management and criticising VIPs and politicians for 'hogging' the football icon's attention and time to the extent that fans did not even get a glimpse of Messi.
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"Commercialisation of Messi's visit": West Bengal Governor slams organiser
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday slammed the organisers for "callously commercialising" the GOAT India tour of Football Icon Lionel Messi and completely "ignoring" the sentiments of fans after chaos erupted at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata during the event.
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"Organiser has been arrested": West Bengal Governor after Lionel Messi's e
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Messi's Kolkata leg of the GOAT Tour descended into chaos on Saturday as fans who paid high ticket prices at Salt Lake Stadium's event began throwing bottles and attempting to break the gates between the stands after the Argentine legend left early. Angry fans resorted to vandalism at the
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Chaos at Messi's GOAT tour in Kolkata, fans vandalises stadium accuse Mant
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Lionel Messi's Kolkata leg of the GOAT Tour turned into absolute chaos on Saturday. Fans who paid hefty amounts for tickets at Salt Lake Stadium's event began throwing bottles and attempting to break the gates between the stands after the Argentine legend left early. Angry fans resorted t
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Haridwar: Family members allege rats 'gnawed on' corpse in district hospit
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The family members of a deceased person alleged that the corpse of their relative was gnawed by rats at a mortuary in a district hospital in Haridwar.
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Bangladesh minority alliance expresses concerns over propaganda against IS
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Using this incident as a pretext, they are inciting hatred against the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and targeting the Hindu community with threats of killing, temple vandalism, and destruction of deities. This has created severe fear, anxiety, and insecurity among
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