IFT to be issued at union level soon BTRC commission to be reformed a 100-day program has been adopted by stakeholders meeting 1667 porn and 560 gambling sites has been closed Tk. 5 crore budget is not for memorial meeting alone Stakeholders’ meeting held to form media commission
The inquiry committee formed under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications has submitted a detailed inquiry report into the disconnection of the internet during the anti-discrimination quota reform movement. Now the work of implementing the recommendations of the report preparation committee is going on.
Adviser Nahid Islam conveyed the matter in a briefing at the Secretariat on Thursday (September 12). Post and Telecommunication Secretary Post and Telecommunication Secretary Dr. Md. Mushfiqur Rahman, Information and Communication Technology Secretary Md. Shaamsul Arefin and Information and Broadcasting Secretary Md. Humayun Kabir Khondakar was also present at the press conference.
In a press conference, Adviser Nahid said on the ICT telecom sector; at the same time evaluation and review of all the projects of this department is going on. Online booking apps have been developed to facilitate postal and parcel services. Through this app, every customer can book letters and parcels at home. 1667 porn and 560 gambling web sites have been shut down by CTDR. 8 V-SATs were deployed and free fuel was provided to mobile operators in flood affected areas to keep network operational during floods. Teletalk service has been extended. Also, the IFT will be issued soon after completing all the processes for broadcasting 4G network up to the proposed union.
Highlighting the work of the last one month in the ICT Division, he said that some ongoing training work has already been done. Changing the names of Hi-tech Park and corruption in all projects are being investigated.
Noting that the commemoration of the martyrs of the July massacre will not be held on the 14th and the date will be fixed later, he said, the allotted Tk. 5 crore is not only for the commemoration meeting; rather, for the transportation, accommodation and food expenses of the families of the martyrs across the country have been included. For this reason, the cost may be less. This expense is not merely for decoration expense, said the ICT, Telecom and Information and Broadcasting Adviser Nahid Islam.
He said that within the next 100 days, initiatives will be taken to enact the Media Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act. This commission will work on the formulation of the Media Act and Broadcasting Act.
The advisor also said that a committee has been formed to review all the projects during the previous government. All contractual appointments in the ministry during the previous government were cancelled. There is also stagnation in administration. Everyone is not cooperating with us. Various kinds of movements and demands are coming to us. But there is no danger of coup in the secretariat. We will quickly overcome the stagnation of administration.
At this time, he announced the 100-day program of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. According to the action plan, initiatives will be taken to make Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar efficient and people-friendly. A documentary film will be made and broadcast on Bangladesh Television about the martyred and injured students and their families in the July uprising.
There is also talk of administrative stagnation and administrative coup in the country – when attention was drawn to this, the advisor said, there is stagnation in the administration. We are noticing this. We are getting non-cooperation from different corners. We will not deny it.
He said, since we have to deal with the post-coup situation, we are not in a systematic situation. As a result, we are facing various problems from different corners. New problems are coming every day, movements are coming, demands are coming. We have to deal with those issues. Labor unrest continues. We are organizing the administration. We hope that the stagnation in the administration will end soon. The proposal or 100-day program that we are giving, all the ministries have been told to implement those works within 100 days. Hope there is no possibility of secretariat coup or anything like that. The stagnation that is there will soon pass.
In response to the various questions of the journalists, necessary steps are being taken to bring the cold drop to a tolerable level and to collect the dues of the telecom sector, said the Telecom Secretary. On the other hand, in view of the reality, the information and broadcasting secretary said that the Wage Board will be implemented in the matter of publication of circulation and salaries. Adviser Nahid said that work will be done to reform laws and policies only through stakeholder meetings regarding online registration. Replying to another question, the advisor said that the newly appointed BTRC chairman will also reform the commission.
