Archives: July, 2007
Journalist among 10 killed in fierce gunbattles
From AsiaMedia: Photojournalist Javed Khan fell victim to a flying bullet and died before any help arrived. Another cameraman, Israr Ahmed of the CNBC, was hit three times by automatic gunfire. Till our going to the press, doctors were trying hard to save his life. Another senior journalist, Absar Alam of Geo, was injured when he [...]— ikram • July 6th, 2007
Journalist Sentenced for Bribery
Speaking about bribery: A local journalist has been sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe in Satkhira. This fellow, Raghu Nath Kha, demanded Tk 5000 as bribe to Eman Ali, a driver of Tala upazila parishad. He threatened him to publish news against him on alleged corruption of non-compliance if he does not give [...]— ikram • July 4th, 2007
Asian Rice Journalist Award
(Received this news from a mailing list. Thought you might be interested to participate. If you are, then good luck for you!) Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia and the Pacific and the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) proudly announce the launch of the Asian Rice Journalist Award. The first Award to acknowledge excellence in writing [...]— ikram • July 2nd, 2007
In YouTube We Trust
I have just read an article written by Arman Ahmad from Penang Watch, that tells about how YouTube became popular in Malaysia (YouTube is the fifth most popular website there, according to alexa.com). Ahmad said, YouTube first began to gain prominence during the nude squat incident in which a woman was forced to do nude squats while [...]— ikram • July 1st, 2007
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