Masuda Bhatti is a Bangladeshi journalist who is currently a Commissioner of the Information Commission. [1] Bhatti was known for filing a defamation lawsuit against Barrister Mainul Hosein who is connected with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and editor of New Nation daily and Daily Ittefaq. [2] [3]
Bhatti was born in 1973 in Faridpur District. [4]
In 2007, Bhatti worked as a journalist based in London. [5] She worked as the executive editor of a weekly newspaper in London. [6] She had contributed to Ajker Kagoj, Janomot, Moscow Time, and Prothom Alo. [4]
Bhatti was working as a columnist in 2010. [7]
Barrister Mainul Hosein made insulting comments about Bhatti in a television show in 2018. [8] Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam sent Hosein to jail in October in nine defamation cases filed over the incident including one by Bhatti. [9] Hosein was sued under the Digital Security Act. [10]
In August 2023, Bhatti was appointed Information Commissioner of Bangladesh along with retired District and Sessions Judge Shahidul Alam Jhinuk. [11] She replaced Suraiya Begum. [11] They will serve under chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek. [12]
Masuda Bhatti is a Bangladeshi journalist who is currently a Commissioner of the Information Commission. [1] Bhatti was known for filing a defamation lawsuit against Barrister Mainul Hosein who is connected with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and editor of New Nation daily and Daily Ittefaq. [2] [3]
Bhatti was born in 1973 in Faridpur District. [4]
In 2007, Bhatti worked as a journalist based in London. [5] She worked as the executive editor of a weekly newspaper in London. [6] She had contributed to Ajker Kagoj, Janomot, Moscow Time, and Prothom Alo. [4]
Bhatti was working as a columnist in 2010. [7]
Barrister Mainul Hosein made insulting comments about Bhatti in a television show in 2018. [8] Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam sent Hosein to jail in October in nine defamation cases filed over the incident including one by Bhatti. [9] Hosein was sued under the Digital Security Act. [10]
In August 2023, Bhatti was appointed Information Commissioner of Bangladesh along with retired District and Sessions Judge Shahidul Alam Jhinuk. [11] She replaced Suraiya Begum. [11] They will serve under chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek. [12]