Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday urged journalists to break free from political influence, warning that partisanship has damaged Bangladesh’s media.
“Simply aligning yourselves with a specific political party won’t solve anything. Whether it is an opposition party or the ruling party, it doesn’t work. In the last 15 years, fascism, meaning Sheikh Hasina’s rule, has systematically destroyed the media,” said Alamgir. “I would request your leaders to step away from that position.”
Speaking at the BFUJ biennial conference, attended by representatives from 18 journalist unions, he said the February national election offers a chance to return to democracy and warned that misinformation and unregulated social media are fueling instability.