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The Directorate of Information has canceled the press accreditation cards of 20 journalists and officials known as Awami supporters. On Tuesday (October 29) a letter was sent to those concerned, which was signed by the Chief Information Officer (ongoing duty). Nizamul Kabir.

Among the canceled press accreditation card holders are: former DG of Press Institute of Bangladesh Zafar Wazed, former press minister of New Delhi Shaban Mahmud, editor-in-chief of Ekatar TV Mozammel Haque and special correspondent Farzana Rupa, editor and publisher of WomenNews24.com Farida Yasmin, editor of Daily Observer Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. , editor of Bhorer paper Shyamal Dutta, editor of Bangladesh Pratidin Naeem Nizam, editor-in-chief of abnews24.com Subhas Chandra Singh Roy, freelance journalist Syed Borhan Kabir, chief news editor of ATN News Munni Saha, editor-in-chief of our time.com Naeemul Islam Khan, special correspondent of Dainik Bangla Farazi Ajmal Hossain, Head of News of Ekatar TV Shakil Ahmed, Editor of Daily Dhaka Times Mohammad Arifur Rahman, Former Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of BASS Abul Kalam Azad, Freelance Journalist Mithila Farzana, Head of News of Baisakhi TV Ashok Chowdhury and Editor of DBC News Pranab Saha.

According to a notification of the Directorate of Information, the permanent and temporary press accreditation cards previously issued in favor of these journalists and persons have been canceled in the light of clauses 6.9, 6.10, 9.5 and 9.6 of the Press Accreditation Policy.