Dhaka, April 30 -- Independent journalism, while being a cornerstone of democracy, is currently facing multidimensional challenges in Bangladesh, said Kader Gani Chowdhury, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), on Tuesday.

He made the remarks while speaking at a dialogue organised with support from UNESCO's Global Media Defence Fund at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital.

"Since independence, despite various ups and downs, journalism in Bangladesh has undergone significant transformation," he said adding that institutional development in the media sector, along with qualitative changes in news gathering, presentation, dissemination, use of technology and professional capacity, have been remarkab...