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]
Early life
Bhatti was born in 1973 in Faridpur District.[4]
Career
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]