Pori Moni Dropped from Chattogram Fashion Award Guest List Amid Journalists’ Protests

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Pori Moni Dropped from Chattogram Fashion Award Guest List Amid Journalists’ Protests

Published : Sunday, 8 November, 2026 at 12:01 PM, Count : 33

Pori Moni Dropped from Chattogram Fashion Award Guest List Amid Journalists’ Protests

Film actress Pori Moni has been removed from the guest list of the Chattogram Fashion Vanguard Award 2026 following protests by journalists over her recent altercation with a journalist in Dhaka and subsequent social media posts.

The organisers withdrew her invitation amid calls for a boycott and protests by journalists in Chattogram against her participation, Khaled Sumon, media coordinator and event partner, told New Age.

The event is scheduled to take place at a community centre in the city's Khulshi area on November 28.

Khaled said an agreement with Pori Moni to attend the event had been signed 17 days before the November 5 incident involving a journalist at the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court premises.

However, the organisers later decided to remove her from the guest list following allegations of misconduct towards a media worker and protests by journalists in Chattogram.

A revised poster for the event was also published following the decision, he added.

Earlier on Friday, Pori Moni shared the event poster on her verified Facebook account with the caption, "See you, dear Chattogram."

The post triggered criticism among journalists in Chattogram, many of whom expressed their dissatisfaction on social media and urged the organisers to reconsider their selection of guests.

The controversy stems from an altercation between Pori Moni and a journalist at the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Court premises on November 5.

Pori Moni and her bodyguards alleged that the journalist had touched her. The journalist, however, claimed that the actress took his mobile phone while he was recording a video and damaged his tripod. He later recovered his phone.

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