Undeclared censoring
Bangladesh is a fully democratic country now with no less a person than Bangabandhu's illustrious daughter at the helm. We have every right to believe that Bangabandhu's daughter with a totally democratic mind will never permit any ministry of hers to carry on secret activities without informing the people. But of late, we find that the TV channels (MOVIEMAGIC) mm1, mm2 and BBC Entertainment regularly go off the air at about 6:00am every morning. We enjoy some good movies telecast by these three channels. But it is really painful that right in the midst of these movies (sometimes in the beginning of some movies as well) the aforesaid channels (known as the E-16 service) are stopped every morning. A message is displayed on the screen : "Insert E-04 Card". It becomes obvious that due to some secret instructions from the top, the E-04 cards are withdrawn to disrupt the said channels at 6:00am everyday. It is strange that the channels resume services automatically at about 7-30am.
Will the Ministry of Information kindly let us know why these channels are 'censored' for more than one hour every morning?
As citizens of a democratic country, with a government enjoying the biggest people's mandate in our history, we certainly have the right to know the reason behind this strange and uncalled for interruption. We also hope that this unexpected activity of depriving the citizens of their right to information and entertainment will be stopped for good.
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