Shahidul Alam

Shahidul Alam Bangladeshi photographer
Bangladesh state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam

BNP spent $3.75m on lobbyists: Shahriar Alam

State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said the government neither hired any lobbyist nor has a plan to do so while BNP has spent at least $3.75 million for a US lobbyist firm ...

Shahidul Alam

Investigation in ICT case filed against Shahidul Alam to continue: HC

The High Court (HC) on Monday cleared the way for the police to continue investigation against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam in a case filed in 2018 under the Information and Technology (ICT) ...

Cybercrime: 97 per cent cases dismissed

Cybercrime-1 Cybercrime: 97 per cent cases dismissed

The BNP-Jamaat government in 2006 enacted the ICT act to deal with cyber crimes. In 2013 the Awami League government formed the cyber tribunal. Till September last year, 2658 cases were lodged with ...

Anti-Modi protest rally of Chhatra, Jubo O Sram Odhikar Parishad in Dhaka

Eminent citizens demand release of anti-Modi student protesters

Parents, rights activists, teachers and eminent citizens, under the banner of "Udbigno Obhibhabok O Nagorik" (Concerned Guardians and Citizens) Monday demanded the immediate and unconditional release ...

Shahidul Alam

Shahidul Alam, three others named for CPJ Int’l Press Freedom Awards

CPJ names Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam and three others from Iran, Nigeria, and Russia for the 2020 International Press Freedom Awards.

Freedom of expression largely absent in Bangladesh, Shahidul tells Deccan Chronicle

Freedom of expression largely absent in Bangladesh, Shahidul tells Deccan Chronicle

Internationally-renowned Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, arrested after his interview to Al Jazeera and posts on social media that criticised the Bangladesh government last year, has recently ...

Probe into Shahidul case to remain halted: SC

Probe into Shahidul case to remain halted: SC

The Appellate Division on Monday upheld a High Court order that had stayed the investigation into the case filed against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam under the ICT Act.Without staying the HC ...

FIFA official detained for 'defaming' PM Hasina

FIFA official detained for 'defaming' PM Hasina

A Dhaka court jailed a senior member of football's world governing body on Saturday, hours after she was arrested for allegedly defaming the country's leader.Mahfuza Akhter, a FIFA council member ...

HC stays probe into case against Shahidul

HC stays probe into case against Shahidul

The High Court on Thursday stayed for three months the investigation into the case filed against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam under the Information and Technology (ICT) Act, reports UNB.A ...

Shahidul challenges legality of his case

Shahidul challenges legality of his case

Photographer Shahidul Alam moved the High Court on Sunday, challenging the legality of the case filed against him under the ICT Act, reports UNB.His lawyer Sara Hossain said they sought a stay on ...

Bangladesh is not a one-party state, Gowher Rizvi tells Al Jazeera

Bangladesh is not a one-party state, Gowher Rizvi tells Al Jazeera

In a recent ‘Head to Head’ interview with Al Jazeera English, to be aired 2 March, Gowher Rizvi, advisor to the Bangladesh prime minister, spoke on Awami League landslide victory in the parliamentary ...

Shahidul Alam released from jail

Shahidul Alam released from jail

Noted photographer Shahidul Alam was released from jail on bail on Tuesday night, five days after securing bail from the High Court, reports UNB.He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj ...

Shahidul Alam release halted for ‘address’ discrepancy

Shahidul Alam release halted for ‘address’ discrepancy

The jail officials on Tuesday did not release internationally reputed photographer Shahidul Alam on bail after a High Court order in this regard due to the discrepancy in jail address.“The bail bond ...

European Parliament concerned at state of human rights in Bangladesh

European Parliament concerned at state of human rights in Bangladesh

The coming election in Bangladesh poses as the country’s last chance to determine the course of its democracy and rule of law. However, abuse of power and the crackdown on the media, human rights ...

HC grants Shahidul bail

HC grants Shahidul bail

Noted photographer Shahidul Alam has been granted bail by the High Court.The bench of justices Sheikh Abdul Awal and Bishnudeb Chakrabarti passed the order on Thursday afternoon."There are no legal ...

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