19 August 2024

Press Release  

Today, at 2 PM on 19 August, a group of miscreants launched an attack on East-West Media Group, causing extensive damage. A group of assailants forcibly entered the East-West Media Group building located in Bashundhara Residential Area and carried out a violent attack with hockey sticks and batons, causing significant damage. The attack resulted in severe destruction of tables, computers, air conditioners, and other property. The East-West Media Group houses operations for Bangladesh Pratidin, Kaler Kantho, Daily Sun, Bangla News 24, News 24 Channel, T-Sports, and Capital FM Radio. This heinous attack on such establishments was orchestrated with malicious intent and a specific sinister agenda. The conspirators carried out this attack to obstruct the movement towards democracy led by students and the masses, and to create confusion among the public.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party—BNP strongly condemns and protests this premeditated cowardly attack on East-West Media Group.

(Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi) 

Senior Joint Secretary General 

Bangladesh Nationalist Party—BNP