Dhaka, Colombo for keeping media free from militancy
UNB
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu and Sri Lankan Mass Media and Information Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka yesterday stressed keeping the mass media free from religious militancy and inappropriate contents to uphold democracy, reports UNB.
They also agreed in principle to conclude a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on sharing contents between state-owned news agencies, television and radio as well as producing cinema in joint venture as the Bangladesh Information Minister met his counterpart in Colombo yesterday morning.
Inu is now on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka heading a government delegation aimed at enhanced cooperation between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in mass-media sector and sharing technical experiences in related fields, said a media release.
The two ministers laid emphasis on training of the officials engaged in the institutions of information and media, and regular holding of film festivals in each others country. The Sri Lankan side expressed interest in learning from the experience of Bangladesh in implementing Right to Information Act and in introducing Community Radio.
This was the first ministerial level bilateral visit taking place between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka after the new government in Sri Lanka took office following the presidential election in January 2015.
Inu reached Colombo on Tuesday and is expected to return home on Friday.
