Staff Reporter :
BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Friday said that the government is moving for the ‘black’ law to gag the media in a bid to hide its corruption, misrule and misdeeds. “It has taken the initiative so that the information of sending illicit money to Swiss banks is not disclosed,” he said.
He was addressing a rally, organised by Bangladesh Jatiya Manobadhikar Parishad, a pro-BNP platform, at the National Press Club. Professor of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University
Dr Rafiqul Islam presided while president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Shaukat Mahmud and general secretary of the National Press Club Syed Abdal Ahmed, also addressed it, among others.
Barrister Rafique said that the ruling party’s involvement in incidents of Narayanganj seven-murder, Feni upazila chairman killing and the killing in Kalshi’s Bihari camp were exposed by media. So the government is moving for the ‘black law’.
He further said that the Article about stopping publication of newspapers under the Press and Publications Law of 1973 was annulled in 1991 in the backdrop of the long-time demand of journalists. The present government is taking initiative to restore the Article. If it is restored, a Deputy Commissioner (DC) will be able to stop publication of any newspaper, he added.
The BNP leader alleged that the government wants to establish BAKSAL rule again like 1972-75, when the-then government stopped publication of all newspapers except four. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to restore the law for gagging the media like 1972-75, he claimed.
He said that the mass media in Bangladesh is now under threats. The journalist society should forge a strong movement against the ill motive of the government, he added.
He called the leaders and workers of the party to be ready for waging a tougher anti-government movement under the leadership of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
BNP standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Friday said that the government is moving for the ‘black’ law to gag the media in a bid to hide its corruption, misrule and misdeeds. “It has taken the initiative so that the information of sending illicit money to Swiss banks is not disclosed,” he said.
He was addressing a rally, organised by Bangladesh Jatiya Manobadhikar Parishad, a pro-BNP platform, at the National Press Club. Professor of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University
Dr Rafiqul Islam presided while president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Shaukat Mahmud and general secretary of the National Press Club Syed Abdal Ahmed, also addressed it, among others.
Barrister Rafique said that the ruling party’s involvement in incidents of Narayanganj seven-murder, Feni upazila chairman killing and the killing in Kalshi’s Bihari camp were exposed by media. So the government is moving for the ‘black law’.
He further said that the Article about stopping publication of newspapers under the Press and Publications Law of 1973 was annulled in 1991 in the backdrop of the long-time demand of journalists. The present government is taking initiative to restore the Article. If it is restored, a Deputy Commissioner (DC) will be able to stop publication of any newspaper, he added.
The BNP leader alleged that the government wants to establish BAKSAL rule again like 1972-75, when the-then government stopped publication of all newspapers except four. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants to restore the law for gagging the media like 1972-75, he claimed.
He said that the mass media in Bangladesh is now under threats. The journalist society should forge a strong movement against the ill motive of the government, he added.
He called the leaders and workers of the party to be ready for waging a tougher anti-government movement under the leadership of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
