Dhaka Bureau: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Professor Mohammad A. Arafat said that the government will issue new guidelines after discussing the job security of media workers with the concerned stakeholders.
In a meeting with the leaders of the Broadcast Journalist Center on Wednesday afternoon, the state minister said that no media organization can fire without notice or suddenly. Similarly, media workers cannot leave the job without giving time to the organization or suddenly. The Ministry of Information will issue instructions very soon.
At this time, the journalists demanded the formulation of policies to bring the various news and information disseminated on social media under accountability. The state minister also agreed with their demand and said that the government is careful not to disturb freedom of expression while preventing misinformation.
