Press Accreditation Appeal Committee established

The government has formed a “Press Accreditation Appeal Committee,” as the journalists can file an appeal after being aggrieved by the decision of the “Press Accreditation Committee” that is entitled to issue accreditation cards against journalists to enter the Bangladesh Secretariat for professional purposes.

Information and Broadcasting Secretary Mahbuba Farjana and Principal Information Officer of the Press Information Department (PID) Md. Nizamul Kabir have been made President and Secretary General of the committee, respectively.

Other members of the committee are Press Secretary of the Chief Adviser Shafiqul Alam, Bangladesh Press Council Secretary Md. Abdus Sabur, Bengali newspaper “Daily Naya Diganta” Editor Salah Uddin Muhammad Babor, NTV News Editor FM Moazzem Hossain, and Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist (BFUJ) Secretary General Kader Gani Chowdhury. According to the notification of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the committee will dispose of the appeals within 30 days of their reception.