Chittagong Press Club () is a Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, based club and association of journalists. Ali Abbas and Chowdhury Farid are respectively the President and General Secretary of club.

History

Chittagong Press Club was established in 1964 by the

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, Field Marshal

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. In January 2000, the press club and Chittagong Betar Bhaban (radio station) were bombed. The bombing was condemned by Abu Sayeed, State Minister for Information, who blamed the

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led opposition. On 27 July 2008, the Pakistan embassy in Bangladesh donated equipment to the Chittagong Press Club (CPC) Institute of Technology. On 27 March 2016, the crude bombs were thrown at the Chittagong Press Club. The club was vandalized by youths from Hindu rights organization Oikkayabadda Sonatan Somaj in December. They organization was protesting attacks on Hindus in Brahmanbaria. Kazi Mostain Billah, deputy commissioner of

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, said they were able to detain four young people from the club. In March 2020, Chittagong Press Club started offering

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tests for its members. On 14 August 2024, the Press Club was attacked and vandalized in which 20 journalists were injured. The attack was led by Aminul Islam, an affiliate of the

politician Mir Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Sarwar Alam, health secretary of Chittagong City unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Alamgir Noor,

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activist. Chattogram Union of Journalists protested the attack and the attack on the home of Hossain Toufiq Iftekhar, editor of the Daily Chattogram.

References

1964 establishments in East Pakistan Organisations based in Chittagong Clubs and societies in Bangladesh Press clubs Bangladeshi journalism organisations {{Bangladesh-org-stub