‘We will keep no law contradictory to int’l human rights laws’

Posts and Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Md Nahid Islam has said, the previous government has curtailed media freedom by enacting some laws, especially the Cyber Security Act. “We are working on this law. Our main target is that we will keep no law, which is contradictory to the international human rights laws.”

He said this at a meeting with US Charge d' Affaires Helen LaFave at his office at the Posts and Telecommunications Division in the Secretariat on Tuesday.

He said the government will welcome any foreign investment in the country protecting the national interests.

"Foreign investment is needed for the development of the new Bangladesh achieved through the student-people uprising. So any investment protecting the national interest will be welcomed," he said.

Journalists in Bangladesh were harassed in different ways in the past days, Nahid said, adding, "We have seen the farce centering the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder trial".