Bangladesh, Nov. 23 -- Information Minister Hasan Mahmud on Monday lauded journalists as 'fearless warriors' for working through the coronavirus pandemic ignoring risks to their lives.

"The way journalists have been working with courage since the coronavirus outbreak is very praiseworthy," he said while inaugurating a three-day exhibition at the Broadcast Journalists Centre in Dhaka.

"I didn't see any journalist sitting at home in fear. Some of my close journalist friends also died [of Covid-19]," the minister said.

He noted that 37 journalists died of coronavirus and several hundred others were infected during work.

Mahmud praised the mainstream media and journalists for providing people with the right news during the pandemic and ta...