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Addressing journalists in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said: “Please do not publish any news that may confuse the nation.”
“Do not report things that cause confusion among people or in society or that people get lost,” he said. I ask that you pay special attention to that as well.
The Prime Minister spoke as keynote guest at the Dhaka Reporters Unit (DRU) Silver Jubilee celebrations via video conference from her official residence in Ganobhaban here today.
Addressing journalists, the Prime Minister said: “I will tell you that you will work responsibly, motivated by love of the country and with the welfare of the people in mind.” Because these reports are very useful.
He said: “There are many incidents in different newspapers and after reading those reports, we are next to many defenseless people and we can also remedy the unfair incidents.” I can and will punish many guilty. He thanked everyone for their objective journalism.
Sheikh Hasina said: “I thank you for reporting on many risks.”
Citing a speech by the Father of the Nation to avoid unprincipled journalism, the Prime Minister said: “In journalism, we want neutrality, pragmatism and we want it to be done out of a sense of duty towards the country and the nation.” Unprincipled journalism cannot bring well-being to any country. Rather, it hurts. ‘
The Prime Minister said: ‘Newspapers are the mirror of society. The mirror of that society will be inspired by thought and patriotism. Let them have a sense of humanity. That they work for the welfare of the people.
He cited the example of the past, saying: “Once upon a time in our country, no matter how corrupt or unfair they were, they were undercover. And the problems with those words যে are hidden under the rug. In our government, but we are not doing that.
Dhaka Reporters Unity hosted the main event of the company’s silver wedding anniversary at the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital. Members of the organization were present, including current and past presidents and general secretaries. Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim Helal led the show from Ganobhaban.
Sheikh Hasina said: “Wherever there are reports or we receive news, if there is corruption or injustice somewhere, we don’t think about it; our party is involved behind, here the government will be discredited or the party will be discredited.” We think we have to act against what has gone wrong here. ‘
However, it is up to us to accept it, many times the blame falls on us. Many say that the Awami League government is the one that is committing corruption, that is not the case. “Because the seeds of corruption have been sown by the governments that have been in power illegally since 1975,” he said.
The head of government said: ‘First Ziaur Rahman, then Ershad, then Khaleda Zia. Not only did they allow themselves corruption, but they themselves were involved in and fueled the corruption. But after we come to the government of the Awami League, we will not.
The president and prime minister of the Awami League said: ‘Wherever the Awami League is committing corruption, no matter how big (leader) the party is, no matter who the workers are, we are taking immediate action. Yes, it is an opportunity for our opponents to say or write that the Awami League is corrupt.
‘But no one is thinking about this, Awami League is not allowing corruption. He is taking action against anyone, ‘he added.
He recalled the past of turning the country into a sanctuary for terrorists during the BNP-Jamaat era, saying: “The militants have openly marched into this country with weapons. The government has given them protection.
He said: “The police are on guard and the Bengali brothers have marched in trucks with weapons; you have seen that incident.”
Sheikh Hasina said: “After the grenade attack on August 21, the killers were allowed to leave the country. And from where the drama of Judge Mia capturing a poor man was staged. But the Awami League doesn’t do that.
Referring to his government’s success in ending the terrorist attack on Holy Artisan Bakery in the shortest possible time, the prime minister said: “We fixed it in 48 hours. And we have taken appropriate measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. occur.
Noting that her government is working to raise awareness among the country’s people against militancy and terrorism, the Prime Minister said: “If the people are not with us, if we are not with them, nothing can be achieved anywhere. “. That is what we believe and that is how we work. “
Referring to herself as a member of the family of journalists, the Prime Minister said that the Father of the Nation himself was associated with journalism in his life.
He said that Bangabandhu used to be a journalist for the weekly Millat and Ittehad before independence and for the newspaper Ittefa after independence and also started a newspaper for the Awami League called New Day.
Mentioning that Bangabandhu also published the weekly Bangla Bani, Bangabandhu’s daughter said: ‘He (Bangabandhu) always had a relationship with journalism. From there, I can affirm that as the son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, I myself am a member of the family of journalists.
Noting that her government’s goal of reclaiming Bangladesh’s lost glory by bringing the murderers of the nation’s father and war criminals to justice has been a great success, the Prime Minister said: We can make that claim now and we have done it in a short period of time. ‘
“We have brought our country from a less developed country to a developing country like Qatar,” he said.
Referring to the rebirth of the Father of the Nation’s newspaper industry during the rebuilding of the war-torn country, the Prime Minister said: “After the genocide of Pakistani forces began on the night of March 25, 1971, many offices were burned down. from newspapers and attacked all of them. “
Sheikh Hasina said: “After independence, there was a situation where the newspaper owners found it difficult to run these newspapers. Then Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib took the initiative and gave government jobs to journalists. They all receive a salary from the government. He (Father of the Nation) gave him the status of a government post.
Bangabandhu Kanya, mentioning that it is viewed differently in propaganda politics, said: “It is viewed differently that I closed all the newspapers. But that’s not the case, at that time no one (the newspaper owner) had the financial capacity to pay journalists, or to run a newspaper. That responsibility was assumed by the father of the nation.
“Unfortunately, it was my fault that those who got government jobs were more critical,” he said.
The Prime Minister said that Article 39 of the Constitution, which was drafted by the Father of the Nation within nine months of our country’s independence, referred to freedom of the press. “There he clearly wrote: freedom of thought, conscience and expression will be recognized as a fundamental right.”
“If you want to enjoy this freedom of thought, conscience and expression, you have to have a sense of responsibility towards others, a sense of responsibility towards the country, a sense of responsibility towards the State,” he said.
Referring to various measures taken by her government to develop the news industry, the Prime Minister said that the 2018 National Online Media Policy has been formulated and that her government has formulated several laws and policies to protect the jobs of workers from the media, which had never been done before. In addition, the government has also formed an independent broadcasting commission and work is underway to formulate a broadcasting law to form this broadcasting commission. So that there is no yellow journalism that is practical and confuses people unnecessarily.
And there should be a vision for the well-being of people online and that kind of journalism should be, he said.
Sheikh Hasina said that 12,241 journalists have been trained so far through the National Media Institute and training activities for more than 30,000 journalists have been extended to the grassroots level of the country through the Press Institute in the last 12 years.
The Prime Minister said that the government has taken these trainings so that journalism as a profession can be raised to a higher status and dignity. So that it is possible to keep up with the world.
“That is why your government has declared newspapers an industry,” he said.
Referring to the torture of journalists in the past, he said: “If there had been a case earlier, the journalists would have been arrested in a hurry.” But even then we have modified the penal code. So that journalists do not have to suffer harassment.
He criticized the lack of modern thinking of past governments, noting that it was possible for Kovid to exchange views directly with him only by digitizing the country.
He said: ‘They didn’t know the country. Power was the object of enjoyment for them. Thats the reality ‘.
Noting that her government’s primary goal is to establish the golden Bangladesh of the nation’s father’s dream, the Prime Minister said: ‘I do politics with this for the well-being of the people. And there is nothing to ask for.
The goal of the Awami League government was to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Bangladesh and this time also at the Golden Jubilee, he thanked the great creator for being able to lead the country.
Sheikh Hasina said: “The whole world is going through a disaster due to the coronavirus. We are doing everything possible to save the people of this country from this disaster, to improve the quality of life.
“We are moving forward with the Kernavirus on one side, the cyclone on the other, the rain and the floods,” he said. He reminded everyone that they must comply with the health protection rules at this time.
Former DRU President and Chairman of the Silver Jubilee Celebration Committee Shahjahan Sardar, DRU President Rafiqul Islam Azad, Former Organization President Shahed Chowdhury, Founding Secretary General Mostafa Firoz, Vice President Nazrul Kabir, Secretary General Riaz Chowdhury, Organizational Secretary Habibur Rahman and other interested leaders and journalists were present on the occasion.
