Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Zahir Uddin Swapon has underscored the need for giving the media a strong institutional structure.
“The government is ready to provide policy support to institutionalize the media and protect the interests of all stakeholders associated with newspapers,” he told a discussion organized mark-ing the 43rd founding anniversary of the Bangla daily Dainik Janata at the Jatiya Press Club.
Syed M Altaf Hossain, chairman of the editorial board of Dainik Janata, chaired the discussion, which was moderated by its editor, Obaidur Rahman Shahin.
Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice A K M Abdul Hakim attended as a special guest while Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Secretary General Kader Gani Chowdhury, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) President Shahidul Islam, General Secretary Khurshid Alam, Photojournalists Association President AKM Mohsin, and former president Bulbul Ahmed.
Swapon said the government would provide policy support so that newspaper owners can invest safely and ensure that their investments become profitable.
He also reiterated the government’s commitment to safeguarding the interests of everyone in-volved in the media industry, including editors, journalists and printing-press workers.
