Reform Press Council, amend laws
Suggests JS body
The parliamentary standing committee on information ministry will recommend the government to reorganise the Bangladesh Press Council and amend the Press Council Act-1974 and Press Council Regulation-1980.
The quasi-judicial forum is nothing but a 'paper tiger', observed the parliamentary body yesterday.
"It is the task of press council to preserve freedom of press and improve standard of the newspapers and news agencies. But it has failed to achieve that so far,” said Obaidul Quader, chief of the House watchdog after the meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
“Tk 62 lakh was allocated for the press council, but it failed to perform worth of taka 62,” lamented Quader, also a presidium member of Awami League. "We don't think the government should patronise such a white elephant”.
“We think power of the press council should increase and the committee will work to achieve this end,” added Quader.
The lawmaker felt that quality of journalism is declining like the politics in our country.
Bangladesh Press Council also protects rights of the people who are aggrieved by the news, views of the print and electronic media.
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