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15 journalists of a news outlet to get accreditation cards

Senior Reporter || risingbd.com

Published: 22:51, 29 January 2025   Update: 22:54, 29 January 2025
15 journalists of a news outlet to get accreditation cards

Accreditation cards will be issued to 30 percent or a maximum of 15 journalists of a news outlet.

Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said this at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Wednesday.

Azad said a committee has been formed to formulate a policy on accreditation cards for journalists and the new policy on accreditation cards for journalists will be published within a week.

As per the instructions of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, the committee will recommend whatever needs to be done for free journalism. 

After the committee's recommendation, he said, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the journalist representatives will finalise the policy.

The deputy press secretary said several sections of the latest 2022 accreditation policy contain objectionable provisions, so the committee will recommend cancelling those. 

There is a provision in existing policy that the government's development works must be promoted, which is against free and independent journalism, he said, adding that it will be recommended to be removed.

Azad said the provision of issuing cards according to circular will be cancelled.

About freelance journalists, Azad said the new policy recommends that a journalist must have been involved in journalism for at least 20 years or people who work on the rights of journalism will get freelancer cards.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam and senior assistant press secretary Foyez Ahammad were present at the media briefing.
 

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