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BANGLADESH: Business journalism cell opens at DRU
Dhaka Reporters' Unity plans to train reporters to write about financial corruption and the SME sector
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INDIA: Yahoo pulls editorial operation out of Chennai
Editorial team, employed by a private news syndicate, are given option to move and join Yahoo's Bangalore office
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BANGLADESH: DU journos demand punishment
Journalism students protest attack on freedom fighter at Dhaka University
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INDIA: 9.5L witness high drama on Lok Sabha TV
Charges of threats, accusations, and bribery between members of parliament result in a 50 percent viewership increase
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INDIA: All eyes glued to TV screens during trust vote
Delhiites avidly follow special session of parliament concerning bribery controversy
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PAKISTAN: Protest at PTCL headquarters today
PTCL plans to withhold the July salary of protesting employees if they do not return to work
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INDIA: Foreign media plays up horsetrading
'The Times of India' rounds up some Western media coverage of the recent members of parliament bribery scandal
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BANGLADESH: 'Implement 7th wage board immediately'
Journalists warn newspaper owners to quickly implement the wage board or else face massive protests
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PAKISTAN: Minister rejects report on PTV faux pas during PM's speech
Information Minister Sherry Rehman blames technical malfunctions and PTV personnel incompetence for interruption during the national address
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PAKISTAN: PTCL sets up emergency centre
Call center in Karachi to help resolve subscriber complaints and inquiries
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PAKISTAN: PTCL workers continue strike
Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Union chairman and other labor leaders call for nationwide protests
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INDIA: Journalists detained during protest at Asaram Ashram
Journalists protest attack by Asaram devotees that left nine media personnel injured earlier in the month
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PAKISTAN: Cellphone firms letting another deadline lapse
Senate committee considers action against firms that fail to block unregistered SIMs by July 31 deadline
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PAKISTAN: PTCL union threatens to jam telephone system
Employees lock up offices to pressure the telecom
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PAKISTAN: Media saves the day for Pindi nazim
District official Raja Javed Ikhlas avoids arrest after the police refuse to arrest him in front of the media
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PAKISTAN: PTCL workers continue strike
Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Union calls new universal pay scale a threat to regular employees' job security
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PAKISTAN: Strike in PTCL offices
Pakistan Telecommunication Company employees demand withdrawal of unified pay scale enacted by company management
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BANGLADESH: Youth Journalism, Human Rights Camp ends
Visiting media professionals interact with students to teach them how journalism relates to human rights
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NEPAL: Nepal 1 TV closes Kathmandu office
Staffers accuse management of reneging on last year's salary and pay agreements
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BANGLADESH: Call to implement 7th Wage Board Award, reinstate journos
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists press demands by scheduling countrywide protests for July 20
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