Sam Jahan
@SJpapabear
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VJ @Reuters | Ex TextViz - @dailystarnews, @AFP, @cnni | Thinktank @bjimbd | Awards @HRPressAwards X 3, @CoveringClimate X 1 | Fellow @CheveningFCDO @EMKCenter
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Joined October 2017
The islanders have accepted their fate — forced to relocate dozens of times in a lifetime. For them, this is normal. For the government, it’s just “beyond their capacity” to help https://t.co/vEPz1Xoovx
#COP30
reuters.com
On an overcast morning, Nurun Nabi loads bamboo poles and tin sheets onto a wooden boat. His home, built just a year ago on a fragile island in the Brahmaputra River, is on the verge of being...
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You and I already know the statistics. End impunity NOW! Across the world. #journalismmatters #JournalismIsNotACrime #nomoreblood
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STATEMENT: @bjimbd condemns waves of attack on journalists in Bangladesh's Chittagong, Jhenidah. Demands immediate justice, safe space for #pressfreedom. Silence from authorities sends a troubling signal #JournalismIsNotACrime
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My recent work <3
In flood‑prone Bangladesh, solar‑powered floating classrooms serve as schools, libraries and clinics, educating over 22,000 students over the last two decades and inspiring similar projects in Nigeria, Cambodia and the Philippines https://t.co/vjR4I3MSiI
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Boat school: A life changing experience for children like Safikul
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When you cannot go to school, the school will come to pick you up - Bangladesh's floating boat school https://t.co/d9W2dIgfIY
reuters.com
Solar-powered “floating schools” ensure children do not miss class when rising waters cut off roads and villages.
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Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine faces a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say https://t.co/E7WmpbufFY
reuters.com
After Ajib Bahar's six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms.
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His grandpa named him Mohammad Arakan. Met him on the highest hilltop in Kutupalong #refugee camps. Beyond the horizon, behind the curtain of fog, lies the Mayu mountain range in Arakan, his true home. Will he ever return? *Photo taken with his dad's nod #standwithrefugees #UNGA
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The @BJI_Official supporters rally on Dhaka high streets today, pressing the @ChiefAdviserGoB for a five-point demand #BDpolitics What an interesting time to live as a storyteller! 😌
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#Rantandventwithpapabear S01E03 with Sheikh Sabiha Alam on women participation in Bangladesh news industries and challenges #journalismmatters #supportwomen
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#rantandventwithpapabear S01E03 Subject: Women in journalism in Bangladesh Location: Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Dhanmondi Time: 4pm-6pm, September 8, 2025 Guest: Sheikh Sabiha Alam, Bureau Chief, AFP Dhaka #journalismmatters
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Bangladeshi journalists across five major cities - Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Barisal - stand in solidarity with our Gaza colleagues and condemn the repeated attacks on the press members. #NotOneMore #JournalismIsNotACrime #WithGazaJournalists #freepress
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Come stand in solidarity with our fallen comrades in Palestine. Let's mourn together, stand together. Let silence be our biggest resistance. #journalismIsNotACrime
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‘We don't foresee any scope whatsoever for further mobilisation of resources from our domestic resources, given our own challenges’ https://t.co/K5dBSsTllO
#withrefugees
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#Rohingya exodus enters ninth year, with stateless minority stuck in overcrowded camps on bare minimum… My @Reuters story https://t.co/sUkuDYg29x
#WithRefugees
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Journalist Jabed Iqbal was arrested by BD Police while he was covering the country’s 1st president's death anniversary. Jabed worked as a local producer/fixer for @CNN, @BBCWorld and @ABC for years beside his clean slate as a local journo. We demand immediate release! #freepress
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#rantandventwithpapabear S01E03 Welcoming you all to the only known geeky journalism discussion happening in Bangladesh these days! Join us on Sept 8 @ Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Dhanmondi, 4 pm on our third episode. Our guest -- @SSabihaAlam
#journalismmatters #girlpower
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PRESS RELEASE Another successful #mentalhealth workshop, organised by @bjimbd along w/ MindShaper. Please feel free to publish on your esteemed news medium. #PTSDisReal #journalismmatters
https://t.co/Nnt77Ksaqx
bjim.org
BJIM-Mindshaper together organise a mental health wellbeing session of the journalists.
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“That’s Dhaka for you — intense, generous, and unpredictable.” Don't miss @SJpapabear's essential guide to the Bangladeshi capital in our latest @Reuters City Memo. ✍️ https://t.co/GJScV0DCvz 🎥
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