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RTI-ACT-MEETING
Call to create awareness on RTI act
KHULNA, June 18, 2019 (BSS) – Speakers at a view-exchange meeting here
today highly praised the government for inclusion of the RTI Act in the
textbooks of ninth and tenth grades, expressing hope that it would create
awareness among the people about the law.
They said journalists should take the advantage of RTI Act to get
information for dissemination of news and media can also play a vital role in
creating awareness among the people about the necessity of the RTI law.
They made the observations while addressing a meeting titled ‘Right to
Information (RTI) Act and Mass Media’ at the conference room of Khulna
Circuit House. Khulna Regional Information Office (RIO) organised the
meeting.
With deputy chief of RIO Md Javed Iqbal in the chair, the meeting was
addressed by Treasurer of Khulna University (KU) Professor Sadhan Ranjan
Ghosh as the chief guest.
President of Khulna Union of Journalists Mahbub Alam Sohag and Khulna
Press Club President (KPC) Habibur Rahman addressed the event as special
guests. Assistant Information Officer Atiqur Rahman delivered the welcome
speech.
The act has opened up the door for journalists, they said, adding this
will help reduce corruption, irregularities and mismanagement as well as
ensure the rights to know.
Leaders of civil society, NGO representatives and local journalists, among
others, attended the meeting.
BSS/ZH/RY/18012 hrs