Over 60pc local newspapers have shut down amid pandemic: BIJN survey

At least 275 out of 456 local newspapers (60.31%) -- published from the different upazilas, districts and divisional cities across the country -- have shut down completely amid the fallout from Covid-19 pandemic. Some 18 local newspapers are published only when those could manage money for it, or receive advertisement, according to the findings of a survey of the Bangladesh