Newspaper Coverage on Indigenous People in Bangladesh

Abstract

During the liberation, war newspapers left a tremendous history. Like any courageous youth, newspapers were burnt down and rise again. Left the power of information spread and people all over the world supported Bangladesh. Not only Bengalis fought in the war, but indigenous peoples also dreamt of an independent country and fought against Pakistan. But after 40 years of 2011’s constitution, indigenous people were specified as second-class citizens, concerning only protection of the culture and environment. Whereas many indigenous people are still fighting for the rights, newspapers focusing on publishing only on festivals, indigenous food, living style and etc. In 14 days observation, found eight reports on indigenous people, where only two reports revealed crisis on indigenous people being deprived of budget allocation and crisis on employment during a pandemic situation which were published in ‘The Daily Star’.