Complete online news portal registration quickly: JS body to concerned ministry

The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Information today recommended the concerned ministry to quickly complete the registration of online news portal as the government has made registration mandatory for operating online news portals.

The recommendation was placed at the 6th meeting of the parliamentary committee with committee chairman Hasanul Haq Inu in the chair.

Committee members and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Kazi Keramat Ali, Begum Simin Hossen Rimi, Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, M Murad Hasan, Saimum Sarwar Kamal and Mamta Hena Lovely were present in the meeting.

The committee in its recommendations also asked the ministry to fix the license fee of new and old television channels with immediate effect and to give a feedback to the committee in the next meeting.

The JS committee also suggested developing separate wings for broadcasting radio and television under a new media.

To mark the birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on September 28, the committee also greeted her and sought sound health and peaceful life for the premier.

Information Secretary Kamrunnahar, Director General of Bangladesh Betar Hosneara Talukder, Bangladesh Television Director General SM Harun-Ar Rashid and officials from different bodies under the ministry, among others, attended the meeting.