Govt to formulate policy determining qualification of journalists: Arafat
News Desk || risingbd.com
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said that there is a proposal to formulate a policy determining the eligibility and qualification of a journalist.
The state minister said this at a meeting with Broadcast Journalist Centre (BJC) leaders at his ministry’s conference room in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday.
He has agreed to a demand placed by journalists to bring social media under a policy and accountability, and said he will take steps in this regard after talking with all stakeholders.
“As journalists underscored the need to bring all social media, including YouTube and Facebook, under a policy and accountability, I, as the state minister for information and broadcasting, just agreed to the demand and will try to fulfill it after consulting with journalists and other stakeholders,” he said.
In the meeting, the BJC leaders also placed other demands, including taking steps to complete Sagor-Runi murder trial, forming a wage board for broadcast journalists, formulating a policy and constituting a council for broadcast and online journalism.
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