‘Govt to give legal protection to broadcast journalists’

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said two proposed laws – ‘Broadcast Act’ and the Mass Media Employees Act – will give legal protection to the broadcast journalists and workers.

“The new initiative of the government is giving benefits to the broadcast media too,” he said while addressing the inaugural session of the second conference of Broadcast Journalist Centre at TSC auditorium of Dhaka University here.

Speaking as the chief guest, Hasan said those involved in broadcast journalism must have “job protection”.

“We will try our best to send the proposed Mass Media Employees Act to the cabinet soon and place the bill at the next session of parliament,” he said.

Once the proposed Mass Media Employees Act is finalised, the information minister said, it would be possible to give legal protection of the jobs of the broadcast journalists. “We need your all-out cooperation in this regard,” he added.

He said the proposed Broadcasting Act was sent to the Law Ministry one and a half years ago, and the ministry has recently started its vetting on it._BSS.


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