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Reportage, debate, analysis — Netra News is an award-winning non-profit platform of public interest journalism focusing on #Bangladesh.
Malmö, Sweden
Joined December 2019
🏆✨ Netra News has been awarded the prestigious Shorenstein Journalism Award for 2025 by Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. https://t.co/waxvx3julT
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Sponsored by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, the 24th annual Shorenstein Journalism Award honors Netra News, Bangladesh's premier independent, non-partisan media...
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Sudeepto Das, a Bangladeshi PhD student, recounts in an oped how he “stood up against religious politics in India and paid the price.” https://t.co/HLgiyxPkhb
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Vilified for demanding my rights and dignity as a student, I was the target of sustained institutional harassment endemic in a system hostage to extremist religious politics.
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Sudeepto Das, a Bangladeshi PhD student, recounts in an oped how he “stood up against religious politics in India and paid the price.” https://t.co/HLgiyxPkhb
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Vilified for demanding my rights and dignity as a student, I was the target of sustained institutional harassment endemic in a system hostage to extremist religious politics.
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After the interim government took office last year, the Digital Security Act or its successor was reportedly annulled. However, victims continued facing lengthy legal battles until recently. https://t.co/d4337K2rze
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After the interim government took office last year, cases under controversial laws like the Digital Security Act (DSA) were reportedly annulled. However, despite an official announcement in May 2025,...
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APARC is delighted to recognize @NetraNews with the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award for its fearless journalism and efforts to defend democracy and freedoms in Bangladesh. Congratulations as well to Founding Editor-in-Chief @tasneem. Stay tuned for the event recording!
Tasneem Khalil (@tasneem), editor-in-chief, accepts the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award from @StanfordSAPARC on behalf of Netra News.
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Tasneem Khalil (@tasneem), editor-in-chief, accepts the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award from @StanfordSAPARC on behalf of Netra News.
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Opinion: “When religious extremists inflict injustice upon ordinary Muslims, they often act within perceived safe boundaries, disregarding social or moral responsibility by manufacturing pious, moral righteousness.”
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The spate of Islamist majoritarian vandalism is a signal from a political pressure group, and a symptom of the deeper issues plaguing Bangladesh’s politics.
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A photographer witnesses the unfolding events following the news of an alleged rape of a Marma school student in Khagrachari. https://t.co/EovCHQlkiS
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A photographer witnesses the unfolding events following the news of an alleged rape of a Marma school student in Khagrachari.
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Opinion: “When religious extremists inflict injustice upon ordinary Muslims, they often act within perceived safe boundaries, disregarding social or moral responsibility by manufacturing pious, moral righteousness.”
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The spate of Islamist majoritarian vandalism is a signal from a political pressure group, and a symptom of the deeper issues plaguing Bangladesh’s politics.
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.@MarziaMumu2 reports on the psychological toll of climate change — and the disproportionate burden it places on coastal and indigenous women — in Bangladesh. https://t.co/sfp6ln8jZ1
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The psychological toll of climate change — and the disproportionate burden it places on coastal and indigenous women — remains one of the most overlooked aspects of climate discourse around Banglad...
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A photographer witnesses the unfolding events following the news of an alleged rape of a Marma school student in Khagrachari. https://t.co/EovCHQlkiS
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A photographer witnesses the unfolding events following the news of an alleged rape of a Marma school student in Khagrachari.
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🗓️ EVENT REMINDER | Oct. 7, 12:00pm PT Next Tuesday, APARC in will honor @NetraNews and its founding editor-in-chief @tasneem as the recipients of this year's Shorenstein Journalism Award. James Hamilton of @StanfordJourn will moderate the discussion.
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.@MarziaMumu2 reports on the psychological toll of climate change — and the disproportionate burden it places on coastal and indigenous women — in Bangladesh. https://t.co/sfp6ln8jZ1
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The psychological toll of climate change — and the disproportionate burden it places on coastal and indigenous women — remains one of the most overlooked aspects of climate discourse around Banglad...
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“Growth that leaves farmers, women, and the urban poor behind is both unjust and unsustainable,” writes @asifsaleh in an op-ed. https://t.co/WE6QAHrUqn
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Capable governance working in conjunction with emerging enterprises can provide Bangladesh with the missing modernisation that is much-needed.
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“Growth that leaves farmers, women, and the urban poor behind is both unjust and unsustainable,” writes @asifsaleh in an op-ed. https://t.co/WE6QAHrUqn
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Capable governance working in conjunction with emerging enterprises can provide Bangladesh with the missing modernisation that is much-needed.
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Bangladesh’s climate change policy is anodyne, feel-good catchphrases that can help raise funds, but do nothing to save lives or the environment. The country’s survival depends on this changing faster than the climate is. https://t.co/pFfx9DqzMi
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Bangladesh’s climate change policy is anodyne, feel-good catchphrases that can help raise funds, but do nothing to save lives or the environment. The country’s survival depends on this changing...
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🗓️ UPCOMING EVENT | Oct. 7, 12:00pm PT Join APARC in honoring @NetraNews and its founding editor-in-chief @tasneem as the recipients of this year's Shorenstein Journalism Award! James Hamilton of @StanfordJourn will moderate the discussion.
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The former ruling Awami League still trails its rivals, BNP and Jamaat, by a wide margin, while the fledgling National Citizen Party struggles to gain traction. https://t.co/6nWRiHIWjl
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The former ruling Awami League still trails its rivals, BNP and Jamaat, by a wide margin, while the fledgling National Citizen Party struggles to gain traction.
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Greg Constantine’s groundbreaking research project, "Ek Khaale – Once Upon A Time", features rare photographs, family archives, letters, illustrations, and historical documents collected from the Rohingya in the camps and the diaspora. https://t.co/JfwVzctQHB
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A visual storyteller built a project which archives shreds of memory and identity of the Rohingya in one common space from across the world and generations; and tells the story about the life of a...
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“Ensuring women’s voices have representation by women is a question of justice, equity, and inclusivity, and is integral to the integrity of democracy in Bangladesh itself, for a stable and sustainable society.” Opinion by Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi https://t.co/1PB3yKTCcC
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The institutional erasure of women by the interim government, which risks propelling us back to the dark ages, cannot be the patriarchal political future of the country. Women will not allow it.
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Just as British colonialism used collaborators to ensure its longevity, including tapping into wells of queerphobia and sexism in South Asia, modern US imperialists are happy to directly export their brand of freedom to other countries. — Op-Ed by @Ibzor
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The transphobic and queerphobic currents in Bangladesh are straight out of the West’s playbook, whereas protecting the rights of these minorities is historically a Bangladeshi phenomenon.
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