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Actress Pori Moni has been dropped from the guest list of the ‘Fashion Vanguard 2026’ event in Chattogram following protests by journalists.
Organisers are considering inviting actresses Apu Biswas or Shabnam Bubly in her place, although no final decision has been made.
Khaled Suman, media coordinator and partner of the event, confirmed the decision on Saturday (November 7).
He said an agreement had been reached with Pori Moni to attend the event before her recent altercation with journalists at a Dhaka court premises.
However, organisers decided to remove her from the guest list following protests and requests from media professionals.
The organisers have already informed the actress of the decision and released a revised promotional poster without her.
Suman said several artistes would attend the event and that either Apu Biswas or Shabnam Bubly could be invited as a replacement.
The event is scheduled to take place on November 28 at a community centre in the Khulshi area of Chattogram.
The controversy began after Pori Moni shared the event poster on her verified Facebook account on November 6, writing, “See you, dear Chattogram.”
The announcement drew criticism from local journalists, with several journalist organisations subsequently announcing a boycott of the event and threatening to resist it.
The controversy stems from an altercation between Pori Moni and a journalist at the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court premises in Dhaka on November 5.
Pori Moni and her bodyguards alleged that the journalist had physically assaulted her.
The journalist, however, claimed that the actress took away his mobile phone while he was recording a video and broke his tripod.
