Leading editors discuss challenges before mass media

Editors of leading national dailies met in the capital, Dhaka, today to share their views on the challenges the mass media is facing at the moment.

Titled 'Challenges before mass media', the discussion, organised by Editors' Council, began at 3:30pm at Cirdap auditorium.

The discussants focused on the issues arising out of the formulation of policies and laws and other government moves concerning the mass media.

Editor of Bangla daily Samakal Golam Sarwar, also the president of Editors' Council, presided over the event.

Mahfuz Anam, general secretary of teh Council and editor and publisher of The Daily Star, delivered the introductory speech titled 'A Retrogressive Policy'.

Click here to read Mahfuz Anam's note in English. For Bangla version, click here.

Referring to the newly formulated National Broadcast Policy, he pointed out that the policy would throttle media, damage democracy and ultimately damage the country's growth potential.

The Editors' Council, formed in May last year and consisting of editors of the country's most circulated newspapers, aims at protecting press freedom, promoting journalism as a profession and strengthening the editorial institution.