BSS, Dhaka :
The International Right to Information Day will be observed on Saturday in the country as elsewhere across the world.
This year’s theme of the day is “Information everyone’s right: None will be left behind”. The International Right to Information Day was proposed on September 28, 2002 at a meeting of freedom of information organizations from around the world in Sofia, Bulgaria. Marking the day, different programmes have been taken by the government across the country. President M Abdul Hamid
and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day. President Abdul Hamid, in his message, said, “Access to information is the human rights of every citizen.” The Constitution of Bangladesh has enshrined the right to information as an indispensible part of freedom of thought and conscience, he added. The government, he said, has formulated the Right to Information Act, 2009 giving priority to people’s right to know and constituted Information Commission to implement the act. In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said information is an important component for empowerment of people. “Showing respect to citizens’ right to information, we passed the Right to Information Act 2009 in the first session of 9th Jatiya Sangsad. Our government has constituted Information Commission under the act,” she added. As a result, the prime minister said, the right of people and the mass media to get information has been established and it accelerates the empowerment of people.
The International Right to Information Day will be observed on Saturday in the country as elsewhere across the world.
This year’s theme of the day is “Information everyone’s right: None will be left behind”. The International Right to Information Day was proposed on September 28, 2002 at a meeting of freedom of information organizations from around the world in Sofia, Bulgaria. Marking the day, different programmes have been taken by the government across the country. President M Abdul Hamid
and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day. President Abdul Hamid, in his message, said, “Access to information is the human rights of every citizen.” The Constitution of Bangladesh has enshrined the right to information as an indispensible part of freedom of thought and conscience, he added. The government, he said, has formulated the Right to Information Act, 2009 giving priority to people’s right to know and constituted Information Commission to implement the act. In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said information is an important component for empowerment of people. “Showing respect to citizens’ right to information, we passed the Right to Information Act 2009 in the first session of 9th Jatiya Sangsad. Our government has constituted Information Commission under the act,” she added. As a result, the prime minister said, the right of people and the mass media to get information has been established and it accelerates the empowerment of people.
