Dhaka, May 5 -- There is no alternative to ensuring financial security and protection of journalists in order to achieve media freedom, speakers said at a panel discussion jointly organised by UNESCO Dhaka Office, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and the Embassy of Sweden on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2025.

It is impossible to realize the expectations of a free media without ensuring salaries and allowances commensurate with the standard of living of journalists at the national and local levels, and an environment of pressure-free and fear-free journalism, they added.

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam was present as the chief guest at the event titled "Brave New Bangladesh: Reform Roadmap for Press...