Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday emphasized the role of media to ensure accountability of people’s representatives.
“In the era of free flow of information, people get information within the shortest possible of time, especially online news portals played a vital role in this regard and media can also play a pivotal role ensuring accountability of people’s representatives,” she said.
The Speaker said this while speaking as the chief guest at a programme of the first anniversary of an online news portal “Parliament Newsbd.com” at media center of the National parliament in the city, said a press release. Editor of the news portal Shakila Parvin presided over the function. State minister for Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Narayan Chandra Chanda, Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Shahiduzzaman Sarker, MA Awal, MP, and Mehzabin Morshed also spoke, among others.
“Parliament Newsbd.com is one of the specialized news portals of our country which fulfill the reader’s expectations since its establishment… people can know about the activities of the Parliament members through its news presentation,” Dr Chaudhury said The portal may achieve more popularity by presenting news on procedures of the Parliament, law enactment, parliamentary practices and ruling of the speaker and so on, she added.
