Govt cancels Jai Jai Din’s permit

The government has cancelled the permit of the daily Jai Jai Din in response to an application from the newspaper's former editor Shafik Rehman, alleging that it had violated publishing rules.

This information was revealed in an order signed by Dhaka District Magistrate and Deputy Commissioner Tanvir Ahmed yesterday.

Shafik Rehman had complained that the newspaper is not being printed from the authorised press and that false information is being given in the printers' line. In view of this, after taking all necessary measures including issuing a show-cause notice and finding the facts of the complaint, the permit declaration has been cancelled.

According to the order, the publication of Jai Jai Din has violated Section 10 of the Printing and Publications (Declaration and Registration) Act, 1973.

The order said that considering this violation of rules, the permit under the name of Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury (brother of former Awami League lawmaker and minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury), publisher and printer of the daily Jai Jai Din newspaper, has been cancelled.