{{Infobox organization |name = Chittagong Press Club |image = Batighaat, Chattagram 48.jpg |image_border = |image_size = |image_alt = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_alt = |map_caption = |abbreviation = |formation = 1972 |extinction = |type = |status = |purpose = |headquarters = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] |location = |coordinates = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --> |region_served = Bangladesh |num_members = |language = Bengali |leader_title = |leader_name = |main_organ = |parent_organization = |affiliations = |num_staff = |num_volunteers = |budget = |website = |remarks = }} '''Chittagong Press Club''' ({{Langx|bn|চট্টগ্রাম প্রেস ক্লাব}}) is a club and association of journalists based in Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ali Abbas president, Chowdhury Farid GS of Ctg press club |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/65767/ali-abbas-president-chowdhury-farid-gs-of-ctg-press-club |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref> Ali Abbas and Chowdhury Farid are the President and General Secretary of the club, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Abbas president, Farid general secretary of Ctg Press Club |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/abbas-president-farid-general-secretary-of-ctg-press-club/13296 |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=unb.com.bd |language=English}}</ref>
==History== Chittagong Press Club was established in 1964 by the [[President of Pakistan]], Field Marshal [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=History, warts and all . . . |url=https://www.observerbd.com/2015/06/30/97041.php |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=observerbd.com}}</ref> In January 2000, the press club and Chittagong Betar Bhaban (radio station) were bombed. The bombing was condemned by [[Abu Sayeed (politician)|Abu Sayeed]], State Minister for Information, who blamed the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] led opposition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Attack on Ctg Betar, Press Club condemned |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/attack-on-ctg-betar-press-club-condemned |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 January 2000 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Journalists in Ctg blast bomb attack on press |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/journalists-in-ctg-blast-bomb-attack-on-press |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 January 2000 |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Terracotta_work_of_Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman_at_Chittagong_Press_Club_(01).jpg|thumb|Terracotta work of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Chittagong Press Club]]
On 27 July 2008, the Pakistan embassy in Bangladesh donated equipment to the Chittagong Press Club (CPC) Institute of Technology.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan wants broad-based ties with Bangladesh HC inaugurates Ctg Press Club Institute of Technology |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-47635 |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=The Daily Star |date=27 July 2008 |language=en}}</ref>
On 27 March 2016, the crude bombs were thrown at the Chittagong Press Club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crude bombs hurled targeting Ctg press club |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2016/03/27/crude-bombs-hurled-targeting-ctg-press-club |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=27 March 2016}}</ref> The club was vandalized by youths from Hindu rights organization Oikkayabadda Sonatan Somaj in December.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=6 December 2016 |title=Ctg press club attacked, four detained |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/4294/index.php |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=New Age}}</ref> They organization was protesting attacks on Hindus in [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]].<ref name=":1" /> Kazi Mostain Billah, deputy commissioner of [[Chittagong Metropolitan Police]], said they were able to detain four young people from the club.<ref name=":1" />
In March 2020, Chittagong Press Club started offering [[COVID-19]] tests for its members.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ctg Press Club collecting corona test samples |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/ctg-press-club-collecting-corona-test-samples-33914 |accessdate=3 November 2020 |work=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}}</ref> On 14 August 2024, the Press Club was attacked and vandalized in which 20 journalists were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=Bangladesh: Twenty journalists injured in Chittagong Press Club attack / IFJ |url=https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/bangladesh-twenty-journalists-injured-in-chittagong-press-club-attack |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=www.ifj.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=20 journalists hurt as miscreants attack Ctg press club |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/20-journalists-hurt-miscreants-attack-ctg-press-club-3677726 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The attack was led by Aminul Islam, an affiliate of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician Mir Mohammad Nashir Uddin, Sarwar Alam, health secretary of Chittagong City unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Alamgir Noor, [[Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal]] activist.<ref name=":0" /> Chattogram Union of Journalists protested the attack and the attack on the home of Hossain Toufiq Iftekhar, editor of the Daily Chattogram.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=CUJ protests attack on Ctg journos |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/cuj-protests-attack-ctg-journos-835791 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>
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