No govt pressure on media: Nahid

There is no pressure of the government on the mass media and country’s media should focus on objective news with courage taking the advantage of the prevailing freedom of expression.

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam made the comment while exchanging views with the editors of the daily newspapers at the meeting room of his ministry on Tuesday.

“The people are constantly being misled by rumors and misinformation as the correct information is not being widely disseminated. The mass media will have to play a leading role in preventing rumors and misinformation,” he said. 

Mentioning the role of the media during the anti-discrimination movement, Nahid urged the editors to publish stories on the sacrifices of martyrs and injured people of the students-people mass uprising in their respective media outlets. 

Criticising the immediate past fascist government, the adviser said many mass media people could not publish the truth in fear but such situation has been changed now. 

Information and Broadcasting secretary Mahbuba Farjana, Department of Films and Publication director general Abul Kalam Mohammad Shamsuddin, Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust managing director Muhammad Abdullah, among others, were present.