Talk:Mahfuz Anam

message: I do not agree with merging Mahfuz Anam into The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Mahfuz Anam is the current Chairperson for Asia News Network, he is a  media expert for UNESCO and runs an NGO (Freedom Foundation). He is definitely a notable personality on his own right and deserves a stand alone article. I agree the current article is not rich enough, but there is definitely a scope to improve it to a complete article. Arman (Talk) 01:37, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: His twin daughters are also quite active. Lutfurrahman (talk) 00:29, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Daughters 

message: The controversy section needs to be edited because it is biased and written in way that serve the sycophancy of the ruling government of Bangladesh. The reference of bdnews24 is also problematic as they are a party to the ongoing hatred campaign against Mahfuz Anam. That's why I want to refer to bbc's report which has given a balanced view of the event. To quote BBC:   
" He Mahfuz Anam conceded that reports published in the Daily Star in 2007 alleging corruption by the woman who is now prime minister were based on uncorroborated leaks from the then military government. He said he was wrong to have published them."It was a big mistake," he said during the interview. "It was a bad editorial judgement, I admit it without any doubt." 
The prime minister's son claims that the articles were an attempt by Mr Anam and the Daily Star to "support a military dictatorship in an attempt to remove my mother from politics".That is something Mr Anam vigorously denies, with justification.He points to 203 editorials published during the period of military rule demanding that democracy be restored. That amounts to one every three days of the so-called "emergency government".He also points out his newspaper was very critical when Sheikh Hasina was arrested in connection with the corruption charges."To us Sheikh Hasina's arrest is totally misconceived and smacks of arrogant use of power without due process of law," his editorial thundered, the day after the arrest was made. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35594968
I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that so far 79 cases have been filed against him by the ruling party loyals. It smacks of a hate campaign against a reputed editor who has admitted his fault responding to the call of conscience, which is quite unusual in the country. It is also important to note that during the military-backed caretaker government most of the newspapers were forced to publish news by intelligence agencies, particularly DGFI. 
Shamsuddoza (talk) 13:49, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, there is a war of words going on, and wikipedia needs to follow its own guidelines for covering such material. It is, of course, difficult to write this sort of material. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:19, 23 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy

message: The BBC, Banglapedia and The Daily Star are all reliable sources. The Daily Star is referenced on views expressed by Anam himself. The article is now balanced between different views. The version you are restoring has a lack of citations.--Phantom of Soho (talk) 12:23, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of all content