Dhaka, Aug. 20 -- Journalists have staged a walkout after waiting nearly two hours for Information Advisor Mahfuj Alam, who has turned up late at a government event to distribute grants for full-length and short films.

The event was scheduled for 3pm on Wednesday, but reporters waited at the venue until 4:45pm before leaving in frustration.

Earlier in the morning, the Ministry of Information had invited journalists to cover the ceremony. A revised invitation, issued at 2:20pm, pushed the start time back to 4pm.

Despite this, directors and journalists gathered at the venue from 3pm.

As the delay dragged on, impatience grew among the press and other guests. At 4:15pm, a ministry official informed attendees that the advisor had left his ...