Govt will not limit press freedom: Press secretary

Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has acknowledged the meantime govt isn’t very any longer going to limit the freedom of press, “no longer even by an scamper.”

“This govt did now not and couldn’t intervene with the works of journalists or media. The reason of our govt is free media and neutral journalism,” Shafiqul acknowledged at a dialogue programme at this time time (14 December) on the role of media in building a recent Bangladesh held at Dhaka Newshounds’ Solidarity by Mastul Foundation.

Bringing up that the meantime govt believes in neutral journalism, Shafiqul acknowledged, “We did now not prevent somebody within the last four months. Please defend on writing. Existing us our mistakes.

“A form of blindness prevails while in vitality, and quite quite a bit of things can no longer be understood. Ensuing from this please rob the responsibility and declare us our mistakes,” he added.

The press secretary also acknowledged the Media Reform Price is working and the meantime govt needs to rob media to contemporary heights in step with their document.

One day of his speech, Shafiqul acknowledged the government needs to compose definite that media owners compose no longer suppress their journalists’ voices.

“The media owners had sent their journalists with out preserving instruments when indiscriminate gunshots were being fired at the protesters throughout the mass uprising. Institutions devour DRU and the Press Club ought to narrate about this,” he added.

“Despite the reality that we did now not gather injured, we were traumatised throughout the scamper. The entire lot became performed to retain our mouths shut. Some americans among us even indulged in patronising and got a massive collection of perks, alongside side Rajuk plots and other advantages,” the clicking secretary added.

One day of the match, Senior Assistant Press Secretary Foyez Ahammad acknowledged, “Efforts are underway by the media of the neighbouring nation to compose instability in Bangladesh. They are publishing unfounded, made-up news. Our native media dangle to play the excellent role in disagreement.”