Help govt ensure good governance

Some lawmakers elected from greater Dhaka yesterday urged journalists to extend their cooperation to government for establishing good governance in the country.
They said journalists can help government run the country correctly by identifying its faults through their objective reporting.
The lawmakers-elect were addressing a function organised by Dhaka Press Club at the Institution of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium to felicitate them.
Lawmakers-elect Abdul Mannan Khan, Sanjida Khanom, AKM Rahmatullah, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Elias Uddin Mollah and Benazir Ahmed of Dhaka, and Nazrul Islam Babu and Nasim Osman from Narayanganj attended the function with Abul Kalam, president of Dhaka Press Club, in the chair.
Almost all of them expressed their frustration over the small gathering of people at the auditorium which was almost vacant during the function.
Sanjida Khanom said she could not think that the function, which was arranged to accord reception to parliament members elected by lakhs of people, would be attended by such a small number of people.
Elias Uddin Mollah said if he were informed earlier he could have ensured a good gathering of people for the function.
Nasim Osman said the programme could have been organised more gorgeously, but the journalists could not do that.
Benazir Ahmed said he was unaware that a press club can accord reception to parliament members of a particular area.
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haq Mostafa Shahid, who was invited as chief guest, did not attend the function while special guest Abdul Mannan Khan left the spot without delivering any speech.