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Bangladesh slid four notches and is now 150th in the World Press Freedom Index revealed by the Reporters Without Borders yesterday.
The situation was worrying in Bangladesh, where reporters covering protests and the election were the targets of unprecedented violence, says the index, available in its website.
Press freedom was in good health in less than quarter of the 180 countries covered by the index, with the United States sliding to 48th place, it says.
India, the world’s biggest democracy, slid two notches to the 140th place.
Norway ranked the top country in the index.