Additionally, the Director of Advocacy and Assistance of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Antoine Bernard has said about the accusations, "the purge of journalists who are considered to be affiliated with the former government has reached a new level.

Media professionals are bearing the brunt of the need for vengeance that permeates this terrible legal cabal..."[6] Farzana joined Ekattor TV as a news presenter.

[4] Farzana was appointed director of the Public Diplomacy Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 2023 with the rank of Deputy Secretary.

[11] After the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the fall of the Awami League government, she and Aparna Rani Pal were recalled to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from their posts at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.

[12][13] On 29 August 2024, a case of genocide was filed by Gazi MH Tamim against 52 of which were 32 journalists including Farzana, at the International Crimes Tribunal.