Earlier, the CG had sought the Law Commission's opinion in this regard, and it ruled out increasing the number of advisers since that won't be in conformity with constitutional provisions, he said.

Talking to journalists at his secretariat office, the adviser further said the government has decided to give autonomy to the state-owned Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar.

A circular would be issued very soon for implementing this decision.

Explaining the move to expand the council, Mainul said it was intended to reduce workload on the existing advisers.

He claimed that though the number of advisers in the CG is very small, its pace of work is very high as there is no political influence on officials.

The past governments had a large number of ministers but officials could not work properly because of political interference, he added.

On radio and TV, the adviser mentioned that two separate laws for their autonomy were formulated in 2001 but those could not be implemented.

The present government would implement those laws with some amendments and additions, he said. It would be able to complete the process of giving autonomy to the two public sector electronic media, he hoped.

Mainul said a committee comprising journalists, artists and civil society members would be formed to monitor performances of the government-owned media after they get autonomy.