section_path: Media
section_name: Media
paragraph_text: Media
  
  The office of Shyamal Dutta of the Jatiya Press Club, National Press Club of Bangladesh, was vandalized and he was prevented from leaving Bangladesh. Group of mobs looted and vandalized the offices of ATN Bangla and ATN News forcing them to stop transmission. A mob also attacked the offices of Ekattor TV, Independent Television, and Somoy TV. Gaan Bangla TV was also vandalized. The office of the president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club was vandalized and forcefully occupied after Abdul Hannan Masud of quota movement demanded their resignation and banning Awami League supporting journalists from the profession. On 18 August 2024, the offices of Kaler Kantho and Radio Capital were vandalized at the East West Media Group compound. About 25 vehicles in the media compound were damaged.
  
  On 14 August 2024, the Chittagong Press Club was attacked and vandalized injuring 20 journalists. The attack was led by Aminul Islam, an affiliate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mir Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Sarwar Alam, health secretary of Chittagong City unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Alamgir Noor, Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal activist. Chattogram Union of Journalists protested the attack and the attack on the home of Hossain Toufiq Iftekhar, editor of the Daily Chattogram.
  
  A mob led by ATM Akram Hossain Talim, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, vandalized Bagerhat Press Club. Another Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, Fakir Tariqul Islam, vandalized the office of the chairman of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila. The home of journalist Ibrahim Khalil in Cox's Bazar District was vandalized on 5 August. The home of Jawad Nirjhar, a journalist, was vandalized in Magura District. Moniruzzaman Monir, President of Raipura Upazila press club and correspondent of Desh Rupantar, was shot after being physically assaulted on 13 August. The home of Sanjit Saha, a journalist, in Chatmahar was vandalized. On 8 May 2025, a local media outlet's office in Khulna was torched on fire for mistakenly publishing pro-Awami League narrative.