Politics of conspiracy wont be successful: Info minister
Media Workers Bill to be placed in Cabinet soon
UNB, Dhaka
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the Media Workers Bill will be placed in the Cabinet very soon. Its in the Law Ministry for vetting and will soon be placed at the Cabinet, he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat. Referring to the illegal direct-to-home (DTH) downlink services, the minister said the mobile court drive against them began from January 1.
Letters have been sent to the deputy commissioners concerned for taking necessary steps in this regard, he said. The expansion of transmission work between Bangladesh and India will start this month, the minister added. BSS report adds: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said the politics of conspiracy would not be successful in Bangladesh from now on and election is the only way for changeover of the government.
BNP and some other parties have chosen the path of conspiracies after being failed to face Awami League, its President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina politically, he said. The minister came up with the observation at a press conference to inform the achievement of the ministry in last one year and its future plans at the meeting room of his ministry at secretariat here.
Replying to a query on a comment of BNP leader Selima Rahman, Hasan said, The countrymen and we have been listening such warn for toppling the government for the last 11 years. But, election is the only way for changeover of the government.
He said if the people of the country dont have support on Awami League (AL), the party will leave power. Though they (BNP) believe in intrigue to depose the government as they did also in the past. But, my belief is that no conspiracies would be successful from now, he added.
Replying to another query, the minister said every opposition parties are practicing their constitutional rights and expressing their opinions in the parliament and other places in the country. We are living in a democratic society and we belief in multi-party democracy. The country is also running with this theme, said Hasan, also joint general secretary of AL.
The minister said the government will work with the broadcast journalists and workers to ensure legal protection of their jobs and other facilities. The legal protection will be ensured if the Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Act is passed, he added.
The minister said, Im working relentlessly for the betterment of the journalists after taking charge of the ministry. Discipline has been established in the electronic media sector following different steps.
He said airing Bangladeshi advertisements in foreign channels has been stopped. Besides, the cable operators are maintaining the serial of the Bangladeshi TV channels as per their on air date. After keeping Bangladeshi channels, the cable operators are keeping the foreign channels on the list, he added.
The minister said some television channels are airing foreign TV serials dubbed in Bangla which is not acceptable. So, the ministry has issued an order for TV channels to take the governments approval to broadcast the dubbed serials, he added.
Newly appointed Information Secretary Kamrun Nahar and Principal Information Officer Surath Kumar Sarkar were present on the occasion.
