BTV and autonomy

Shaila Solaiman, Jahangirnagar University campus, Savar, Dhaka
The present CTG has initiated a move to make the state-run Bangladesh Television(BTV) an effective autonomous body. Over the past few decades, we have seen government control over BTV in the name of giving autonomy to it. There is no denying that BTV speaks more for the incumbent government than the mass people. People do not want to hear any more pledge. Now they want to see its materialisation in the true sense.