BSS, Dhaka :
Reiterating the government’s ‘zero tolerance’ stance against corruption and irregularities, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said drives are going on in hospitals to root out the malaise of corruption and irregularities from the health sector.
“The government would take actions against those who are involved in irregularities and corruption irrespective of their opinions,” he told reporters on Monday after a view-exchange meeting with the members of Climate Change Journalists Forum at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat here.
The minister said the drive at Shahabuddin Medical College was conducted as a part of the government’s effort to stop irregularities and corruption in the health sector. Owner of the medical college and hospital Shahabuddin is a BNP leader, who also contested in the last parliamentary election from BNP, he added.
When it comes to corruption and irregularity, Hasan said, the government is not considering anyone’s political identity. Shahed tried to use the name of Awami League though he was not a member of any committee of the party, he added.
He said the government would take actions against those who would be found involved in irregularities and corruption without considering his or her opinion.
On the competition of live telecast on any issue in private TV channels, the minister said the government concerned don’t give approval of live telecast in the hospitals of Europe and the USA. “It should be the same in our country,” said Hasan, also AL Joint General Secretary.
He said everyone should remain careful while telecasting any issue in TV channels. “It is not proper to telecast such programmes which will cast bad impact on children and adolescents and also have a negative impact on the society, he added.
About the environment, the information minister said, after the outbreak of the Coronavirus all over the world, carbon emissions are not as high as before, cars and factories are not running and human activities are also less than before.
“For this, the nature has got the chance of reviving its own system. I think, not only Bangladesh, the whole world should have learnt from the positive change and a plan is needed on how to sustain it,” he added.
He said Bangladesh, among the developing countries, has adopted an integrated plan first in combating climate change in 2009 and it (Bangladesh) formed a climate change fund with its own financing.
He said the trust fund is now going on and the innovative projects taken through this fund have set examples for other countries. The Prime Minister has been awarded the world’s highest environmental award ‘Champion of the Earth’ award in 2015 for her outstanding contribution in reducing carbon emissions to combat the risks of climate change in the international arena and reducing global warming, Hasan added.
Reiterating the government’s ‘zero tolerance’ stance against corruption and irregularities, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said drives are going on in hospitals to root out the malaise of corruption and irregularities from the health sector.
“The government would take actions against those who are involved in irregularities and corruption irrespective of their opinions,” he told reporters on Monday after a view-exchange meeting with the members of Climate Change Journalists Forum at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat here.
The minister said the drive at Shahabuddin Medical College was conducted as a part of the government’s effort to stop irregularities and corruption in the health sector. Owner of the medical college and hospital Shahabuddin is a BNP leader, who also contested in the last parliamentary election from BNP, he added.
When it comes to corruption and irregularity, Hasan said, the government is not considering anyone’s political identity. Shahed tried to use the name of Awami League though he was not a member of any committee of the party, he added.
He said the government would take actions against those who would be found involved in irregularities and corruption without considering his or her opinion.
On the competition of live telecast on any issue in private TV channels, the minister said the government concerned don’t give approval of live telecast in the hospitals of Europe and the USA. “It should be the same in our country,” said Hasan, also AL Joint General Secretary.
He said everyone should remain careful while telecasting any issue in TV channels. “It is not proper to telecast such programmes which will cast bad impact on children and adolescents and also have a negative impact on the society, he added.
About the environment, the information minister said, after the outbreak of the Coronavirus all over the world, carbon emissions are not as high as before, cars and factories are not running and human activities are also less than before.
“For this, the nature has got the chance of reviving its own system. I think, not only Bangladesh, the whole world should have learnt from the positive change and a plan is needed on how to sustain it,” he added.
He said Bangladesh, among the developing countries, has adopted an integrated plan first in combating climate change in 2009 and it (Bangladesh) formed a climate change fund with its own financing.
He said the trust fund is now going on and the innovative projects taken through this fund have set examples for other countries. The Prime Minister has been awarded the world’s highest environmental award ‘Champion of the Earth’ award in 2015 for her outstanding contribution in reducing carbon emissions to combat the risks of climate change in the international arena and reducing global warming, Hasan added.
