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Maintain professionalism

Information minister urges journalists

BSS, Dhaka
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad yesterday called upon the journalists to maintain healthy professionalism by carrying out responsibility in an objective and transparent way.
The minister made the call while inaugurating the newly furbished 'roundtable lounge’ of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the city.
Highlighting various measures of the present government directed towards preserving the freedom of newspapers and journalism, the information minister said this government has enacted the right to information act to ensure the functioning of a free media.
The government has also set up the information commission. he said adding it had started functioning from July 1
nation and implement measures focused on developing a digital Bangladesh.
The government is also committed to ensure that not a single newsman in the country is facing impediment to discharge professional duty, he said in this connection.
Azad asked the journalists community to run constructive criticism of the government where it is failing and highlight the success where it is doing well. They would also highlight stories on irregularity, corruption, repression, deprivation and such other socio-economic issues to help the government in building a prosperous nation, he said.
The minister said he would lend all help to DRU in expediting the process pf land allocation for construction of a per-* mahent office "buirding of the organisation.
to ensure the implementation of right to information law as has been outlined in the newly passed law.
These measures have gone a long way to remove obstacles on the way of getting uninterrupted flow of news by people, the minister said.
DRU President Shamim Ahmed was in the chair while its secretary Pathik Saha and former president Anwarul Haque also spoke on the occasion.
The information minister said the government is always committed to preserving and upholding the freedom of media and development of objective professionalism.
He laid emphasis on the role of the newsmen in this regard and sold they can makesignifi- -cant contributions in eradicat- • ing poverty, build a prosperous