The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting wants to register the activities of international organizations operating social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube in Bangladesh.
They made this recommendation in the committee meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Wednesday.
In the meeting, the committee recommended the ministry to take conscious and effective steps in the registration of online news portals, online/IP television and online radio.
In the meeting held under the chairmanship of committee president Hasanul Haque Inu, committee member and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Hasan Mahmud, Simin Hossain Rimi, Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, Md. Murad Hasan and Mamata Heena Lovely participated.
In the meeting, it was recommended to take necessary measures to disseminate the audio-video report shown in the budget session in the National Parliament across the country. It is also recommended to enact the Bangladesh Film Certification Act at the earliest to update the Censorship of Films Act-1963 (Amended 2006).