Staff Reporter

Different organisations have condemned the propaganda and yellow journalism of Al Jazeera on Saturday and issued statement demanding ban the controversial TV channel .

Joybangla Sangbadik Mancha, Swdhinata Sangbadik Parishad and Bangabandhu Sangabadik Parishad, Bangladesh jointly organized a protest rally and human chain condemning the false and motivated report of Al Jazeera’s in the National Press Club premised at 11 am on Saturday, says a press release.

The leaders of the three organisations have termed the report as baseless, fabricated and motivated. They said, Al Jazeera did it as part of conspiracy against Bangladesh as well as Bangladesh Army.

 Speakers said,  this channel first came to limelight after broadcasting news of Osama- Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.

From 2013 the channel has been a source of broadcasting news of Taleban, Al-Qaeda , IS and different terrorism groups  in the world.

They also said ,  Al-Qaeda  and other militant groups have  been financing this channel .   The operation of Al- Qaeda and suicide occurrence in Afghanistan, bomb attack in London in 2007 were   broadcast by only this terror channel. USA accused this channel by saying that this media   is against women empowerment, inspiring terrorism, using religion and it is also a source of yellow journalism, they added.

  Presided over by Subash Chanda Badal, Convenor of Bangabandhu Sangabadik Parishad, Bangladesh it was addressed among others by Acting Secretary General of BFUJ-Bangladesh Union of Journalists ,  Quddus Afrad , President , Dhaka Union of Journalists ( DUJ ), Sajjad Alam Khan Topu, General Secretary of DUJ , Dip Azad, Treasurer of  BFUJ , Treasurer of National Press Club Shahed Chowdhury, Syed Sukkur Ali Shuvo, former secretary of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU),  Joyonta Acharchy , President, Joybangla Sangbadik Mancha, Hemayet Hossain, Vice –President , Joybangla Sangbadik Mancha and Unit Chief of DUJ, New Nation Unit, Jahangir Khan Babu, General Secretary , Joybangla Sangbadik Mancha, Barun Bhaumik Nayon, Convenor of Swdhinata Sangbadik Parishad and Office-secretary  of BFUJ, Khairul Alam, Joint Secretary of DUJ , Zihadur Rahman Zihad , Organising Secretary of DUJ , Asaduzzamam Asad, Publicity Secretary of DUJ, Hamid Mohammad Jashim, Member Secretary, Swdhinata Sangbadik Parishad, Abu Sayeed , Member Secretary,  Bangabandhu Sangabadik Parishad, Bangladesh and journalist Layekuzzaman .

In the meantime, leaders of BFUJ-Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists , an apex body of journalists  demanded Al Jazeera’s ban for its engagement in tarnishing Bangladesh's bright image abroad,” read a statement by BFUJ.

The organisation has demanded to impose a ban on the broadcast of Qatar-based Al Jazeera in Bangladesh accusing it of serving an anti-national vested group's interest by tarnishing Bangladesh's image at the international level.

A BFUJ statement, signed by its President Molla Jalal and Acting Secretary General Abdul Mozid, in this regard was sent to the media on Friday. 

BFUJ, an organisation of journalists, condemned and protested the continuous "yellow journalism" of the Al Jazeera.

They said Al Jazeera has been banned in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt for allegedly working for the Muslim Brotherhood, assisting terrorism, inciting extremism and violence, and plotting to overthrow the government. 

"We demand Al Jazeera's ban for its attempt to tarnish Bangladesh's bright image abroad," the statement read.

They also urged all other journalists' organisations in the country to raise their voice against such anti-national plots.

Besides, Dr Md Rabbi Alam, President , Bangabandhu Parishad, USA in a statement has termed the controversial media AlJazeera as a paid agent and said, it is a deep rooted conspiracy against Bangladesh .

On the other hand, Muktijoddah Mancha organized a protest rally at Shahbagh in the city recently protesting the conspiracy of the Qatar-based controversial  TV channel.