State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat said that advertising policy will be formulated for online media.
He said this while interacting with the officials of the Directorate at the conference room of the Directorate of Films and Publications at the Information Building on Circuit House Road in the capital on Tuesday (February 6) afternoon.
The state minister said that there should be a policy to determine the government advertisement rate for online newspapers and news portals. Necessary initiatives will be taken to formulate the policy.
in that time Director General of Film and Publication Department. m. Golam Kibria, Director General of Mass Communication Directorate Md. Nizamul Kabir, Bangladesh Film Censor Board Vice Chairman Khaleda Begum and other officials of various levels of Film and Publication Directorate were present.
Freedom of media and freedom of expression has been developed during the current government Mentioning that the state minister said that the current government has the will of the freedom of media and freedom of expression.
In this context, he said, in the past days when the military was ruled and military When the party arising from the regime ruled this country and at various times when there was an anti-liberation war evil force with them, the reality of the freedom of the media and freedom of expression was that we have now progressed, how much development has been done, numerically and qualitatively, we have to publish publications about these comparative issues.
During the exchange of views, Mohammad Ali Arafat said that the government should work to deliver the development activities of the government through the Directorate of Films and Publications more effectively to the people of the country and the world, now that technology has progressed a lot. People's thinking has changed. Keeping these things in mind, new things should be added to the work of the Directorate.
The State Minister also said during the exchange of views that the printing press and publication (announcement and registration) Act 1973 will be reformed if necessary.
Earlier, the State Minister visited the exhibition and sales center, museum and library of the Directorate of Film and Publication.
