Dhaka, May 5 -- Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, editor-in-chief of Manabzamin and president of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB), on Monday urged journalists to perform their duties with integrity and professionalism.

"A family can be destroyed, a country can face serious threats, or a government can fall into trouble due to a mistake or error in your reporting," he said at a workshop titled 'Election Commitments, Reforms and Fact-Checking', organised by the Citizens' Platform for SDGs in association with the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF).

Amid what he described as an epidemic of misinformation, Matiur Rahman called for unity among all stakeholders to address the growing challenges.

Highlighting the sensitivity of econom...