Ensure TV journos’ health security, pay their dues, salaries

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud urged journalist leaders and managing committees of television channels to ensure health security and clear dues of journalists working for private channels.

He made the call while speaking to leaders of Broadcast Journalist Centre at his residence in the capital yesterday.

During this global crisis, journalists have been working under immense risk to their personal health, Mahmud said while talking about media workers who have contracted the coronavirus, while some have been sent to quarantine.

Informed by Broadcast Journalist Centre that some TV channels were not paying due salaries, Mahmud urged the authorities to clear the dues "even if you face any problems during this situation."

Among others, Broadcast Journalist Centre President Rezwanul Haque Raja and Secretary Shakil Ahmed were present.

Earlier in the day, 47 employees of Independent TV, who had been in isolation, completed their quarantine. They were sent to home-quarantine on April 3 after one of their colleagues tested positive for coronavirus.