Jamuna TV unavailable in many places

Jamuna TV was not available in many places of the country last night.

“Our transmission is going on as usual. But we have received information from different areas that our channel was not available there,” Fahim Ahmed, chief news editor of the private TV station, told The Daily Star.

He said they contacted several cable operators but they declined to say anything about the issue.

“We are trying to find out the reason,” he said adding that viewers living abroad and on social media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook, were being able to watch the channel as usual.

Jamuna Group, the mother organisation of Jamuna TV, is owned by businessman Nurul Islam Babul. His wife Salma Islam is contesting today's election as an independent candidate from Dhaka-1.

On Friday, BNP extended its support to Salma Islam, a Jatiya Party presidium member running against Awami League nominee and business tycoon Salman F Rahman.

On December 25, at least 12 journalists of Jamuna TV and its sister concern Jugantar newspaper came under attack at Nawabganj upazila in Dhaka.