{"id":209518,"date":"2026-05-03T07:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-press-freedom-day-today-bangladesh-sangbad-sangstha-bss\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T07:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:48:05","slug":"world-press-freedom-day-today-bangladesh-sangbad-sangstha-bss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-press-freedom-day-today-bangladesh-sangbad-sangstha-bss\/","title":{"rendered":"World Press Freedom Day today &#8211; Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News Flash<br \/>DHAKA, May 3, 2025 (BSS) &ndash; World Press Freedom Day is being observed across the country as else where in the world today with the theme &ldquo;Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development, and Security&rdquo;.<br \/>Every year, May 3 is observed as the World Press Freedom Day to evaluate press freedom around the world to defend the media from attacks on their independence.<br \/>The day is also observed to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in discharging their professional duties, according to the website of UNESCO.&nbsp;<br \/>World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO&#39;s General Conference in 1991.<br \/>Marking the &#39;World Press Freedom Day 2026&#39;, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting brough out a rally and organized a discussion in the capital this morning aiming to highlight the role of media in ensuring transparency and accountability in the digital era.<br \/>The programme began with a rally at 9:00 am, starting from the Officers&rsquo; Club premises and ending at the Tathya Bhaban complex in Dhaka, according to an official handout here today.<br \/>Later, a discussion was held at 9:30 am at the conference room of the Department of Films and Publications in &ldquo;Tathya Bhaban&rdquo; (Information Building) complex on Circuit House Road here.<br \/>Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon attended the programme as the chief guest while State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Choudhury was present as special guest.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Managing Director and Chief Editor : Kamal Uddin Shabuj (Md Kamal Uddin Mozumder) <br \/><span>Copyright \u00a9 2026 BSS. All Rights Reserved.<\/span><br \/><span>Copyright \u00a9 2026 BSS. All Rights Reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiS0FVX3lxTFBIWUxhNUsxNGh6YmxWS0ZLc3NvX0c2cEVyZkxJZG1vbFdYUjF2d2NNV1A3Wk9IZ1p4SVZFbDhvUXhLMzhCcmJJdE91SQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News FlashDHAKA, May 3, 2025 (BSS) &ndash; World Press Freedom Day is being observed across the country as else where in the world today with the theme &ldquo;Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting Press Freedom for Human Rights, Development, and Security&rdquo;.Every year, May 3 is observed as the World Press Freedom Day to evaluate press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-209518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}