সংবাদ শিরোনাম : Allegations of voice grabbing, case against owner
A group of employees of the Dhaka-based Bengali newspaper Janakantha, who were employed by the newspaper at various times after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 last year, have formed an editorial board of their own, declaring the editor undesirable.
In retaliation for the dismissal of some of them by the owners on Saturday, they have also filed a case against the owners at Hatirjheel Police Station in Dhaka.
Janakantha editor and publisher Shamima A Khan alleged that the Janakantha Bhaban was illegally occupied by conspiring to create a mob on Saturday night. His complaint is against retired Major Afizur Rahman, Chief Operating Officer of Globe Janakantha Industrial Group, Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) Joint Convener and Planning Advisor of the newspaper Joynal Abedin, as well as some Islamist journalists from BNP and Jamaat (Shishir). A group of employees of the newspaper, who were appointed to the newspaper at various times after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 last year, have declared the editor of the Dhaka-based Bengali newspaper Janakantha as undesirable and formed an editorial board of their own.
After the owners fired some of them on Saturday, in retaliation, they declared the editor as undesirable and filed a case against the owners at Hatirjheel Police Station in Dhaka.
Janakantha Editor and Publisher Shamima A Khan has alleged that the Janakantha Bhaban was illegally occupied by conspiring on Saturday night by creating a mob. His complaint is against retired Major Afizur Rahman, Chief Operating Officer of the Globe Janakantha industry group, Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP) joint convener and the newspaper's planning advisor Joynal Abedin (Shishir), and several Islamist journalists from BNP and Jamaat.