Draft RTI law on website

The committee, formed to formulate a draft on the Right to Information Ordinance 2008, has prepared a preliminary draft after reviewing the Law Commission report on right to information and the existing laws of the SAARC countries.
The preliminary draft has been put on the information ministry website www.moi.gov.bd seeking public opinion on it.
According to a PID handout on Tuesday, a roundtable will be arranged soon to elicit public opinion on the preliminary draft. Representatives from the civil society, non-government organisations, intellectuals, lawyers, journalists, businesspeople and professionals will take part in the roundtable discussion.
Recommendations and opinions of the roundtable will be incorporated in the preliminary draft to prepare the final draft of the ordinance.
Any interested person on the issue can put forward his or her opinion or recommendations on it until March 23 through email to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].
The government has formed the eight-member committee with the joint-secretary (development) of the information ministry as its chairman to formulate a draft on the Right to Information Ordinance 2008.