What is Netra News?
{{Infobox newspaper | name = Netra News | logo = | type = News website | chiefeditor = [[Tasneem Khalil]] | publisher = Bangladesh Media Network | editor = [[David Bergman (journalist)|David Bergman]] | headquarters = [[Malmö|Malmö, Sweden]] | language = [[English language|English]] and [[Bangla Language|Bangla]] | website = https://netra.news }} '''Netra News''' is an investigative and public interest journalism<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-journalists-disappearance-casts-poor-light-on-press-freedom/a-52879974|title=Bangladesh journalist's disappearance casts poor light on press freedom {{!}} DW {{!}} 22.03.2020|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> website in Sweden. It reports on Bangladesh. [[Tasneem Khalil]], started the website on December 26, 2019. Khalil is an exiled Bangladeshi journalist living in Sweden. It was blocked by authorities in Bangladesh within 72 hours of its inception. == History == ''Netra News'' gets money from the [[National Endowment for Democracy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpj.org/2020/01/bangladesh-blocks-sweden-based-news-website-netra-.php|title=Bangladesh blocks Sweden-based news website Netra News|website=cpj.org|language=en|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> a non-governmental and non-profit organization funded by the U.S. government. It is a project under Bangladesh Media Network. The BMN board members are Kerstin Brunnberg (president), a prominent Swedish journalist, Australian academic [[Bina D’Costa]] (secretary), and [[Dan Morrison (journalist)|Dan Morrison]] (treasurer), an American journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://netra.news/about|title=ABOUT|website=Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08}}</ref> == References == {{reflist|30em}} [[Category:News websites]] [[Category:Swedish culture]]