Netra News
Netra News is an investigative and public interest journalism[1] website in Sweden. It reports on Bangladesh. Tasneem Khalil, started the website on December 26, 2019. Khalil is an exiled Bangladeshi journalist living in Sweden.
| Type | News website |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bangladesh Media Network |
| Editor-in-chief | Tasneem Khalil |
| Editor | David Bergman |
| Language | English and Bangla |
| Headquarters | Malmö, Sweden |
| Website | https://netra.news |
It was blocked by authorities in Bangladesh within 72 hours of its inception.
History
Netra News gets money from the National Endowment for Democracy,[2] a non-governmental and non-profit organization funded by the U.S. government.
It is a project under Bangladesh Media Network. The BMN board members are Kerstin Brunnberg (president), a prominent Swedish journalist, Australian academic Bina D’Costa (secretary), and Dan Morrison (treasurer), an American journalist.[3]
References
- ↑ "Bangladesh journalist's disappearance casts poor light on press freedom | DW | 22.03.2020". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ "Bangladesh blocks Sweden-based news website Netra News". cpj.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ "ABOUT". Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ. Retrieved 2020-04-08.