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11-member mass media reform commission formed

Bangladesh

TBS Report
18 November, 2024, 12:55 pm
Last modified: 18 November, 2024, 03:38 pm

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11-member mass media reform commission formed

TBS Report
18 November, 2024, 12:55 pm
Last modified: 18 November, 2024, 03:38 pm
Representational photo.
Representational photo.

The interim government has formed an 11-member mass media reform commission with veteran journalist Kamal Ahmed as its chief, reports UNB.

The Cabinet Division issued a gazette notification on Sunday (17 November). 

The commission will submit their report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus by the next 90 days, said the chief adviser's press wing today (18 November).

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Kamal Ahmed is a veteran journalist and columnist, who previously served in BBC and Prothom Alo.

The members of the commission include The Business Standard Deputy Editor Titu Dutta Gupta, Dhaka University's Mass Communication and Journalism Department Professor Gitiara Nasrin, The Financial Express Editor and representative of the Editors' Council Shamsul Haque Zahid.

The other members include Secretary of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) Akhtar Hossain Khan, former general secretary of the National Press Club Syed Abdal Ahmed, Executive Officer of Jamuna Television and Trustee of the Broadcast Journalist Centre Fahim Ahmed, journalist and convener of Media Support Network Jimmy Amir, The Daily Star's Bogura district correspondent Mostafa Sabuj, and student representative Abdullah Al Mamun.

On 17 October, the government announced the formation of four more new reform commissions on health, mass media, workers' rights and women's affairs.

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