REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS FREEDOM INDEX RANKED BANGLADESH 146 WITH ABUSE SCORE OF 53.3
The World Press Freedom Index score of 146 puts Bangladesh into another least developed democracy in the world and more towards an autocratic regime. Press freedom is worse than Pakistan and little better than Congo. While we pride ourselves with the economic growth mantra, we are courting with the likes of the dictatorial regimes.
Earlier, Bangladesh has slumped to 86th place in this year’s Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Index of Democracy 2015. The country ranked 85 in 2014 in EIU’s democracy index.
The EIU, a special arm of the leading …read more
Source: The Bangladesh Chronicle
