'Govt formulating rules against rumour monger'

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 19:05, Nov 22, 2019 | Updated : 19:09, Nov 22, 2019

File photo of Information Minister Dr Hasan MahmudThe government is formulating rules to take punishment against service providers for spreading misleading information, said Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud.
“Like developed countries, we are formulating rules on spreading misleading information through social media,” the minister said, reports state news agency BSS.
His remarks came while he was addressing a roundtable at Chattogram circuit house conference hall on the occasion of the World Television Day on Friday (Nov 22).
BTV, Chattogram centre, Chattogram Television Journalists Association and TV Camera Journalists Association jointly organised the roundtable.
General Manager of BTV Chattogram centre Nitai Kumar Bhattacharya presided over the roundtable.
Spreading false and fabricated information using social media as the biggest problem in the worldwide, the information minister said, “We have already formulated broadcasting policy. We will enact broadcasting law. This law will give legal protection to journalists of electronic media.”
He said, “Chattogram centre of BTV will telecast 12 hours in a day from next month. At present, BTV is being broadcasted as cable TV in Chattogram.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave approval of broadcasting Private TV Channel for the first time, Hasan said, “At present, there are 34 private channels in the country. Eleven more private TV channels will go broadcasting in the country.”
The information minister said nearly one lakh people are directly and indirectly involved in the television sector.
Alongside cultural development, the television sector has to contribute to nation-building activities, he added.
City Mayor AJM Nasiruddin, Chattogram Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Deputy Director General (news) of BTV Anup Kumar Kashtogir, among others, addressed the roundtable.

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