Govt plans to bring discipline in online news portals' operations: Info minister
Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud told parliament today that the government has a plan to restore order to online news portals.
The minister said this in reply to a query from Jatiya Party leader Mujibul Haque Chunnu.
In a scripted answer, the information minister said, BTRC has been requested through the Department of Posts and Telecommunications to cancel the domain allocation of 239 online news portals that are tarnishing the image of the country by spreading false and fabricated news.
Additionally, if there is a complaint of false and fabricated news being spread by any online newspaper or online portal, steps will be taken to stop it, the information minister added.
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