Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- The interim government has strongly rejected claims by the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) that press freedom and access to information have deteriorated over the past year.
In a statement issued on Friday, the office of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said the administration had not curtailed media freedoms and dismissed NOAB's allegations as "misplaced" and "factually flawed."
The rebuttal followed a statement from NOAB president A.K. Azad on Thursday, which cited recent incidents - including controversy surrounding the Dhaka-based daily Janakantha - as evidence that the post-August 2024 democratic transition had failed to protect the rights of journalists.
NOAB also referred to a Transparency Internati...