Noting that the country’s newspapers and television channels publish several reports almost every day focusing on the prices of essential commodities and criticizing the government, Hasan said leave alone registering a case in this regard , Even from the government no one asked about it.
However, after the incident, the concerned newspaper informed the foreign media that their journalist has been arrested for publishing a report on commodity prices. By saying this, he has provoked them. This completely fabricated false propaganda actually goes against the state,” he claimed.
Condemning the attack on journalists at BNP’s Iftar gathering in Pallabi on Friday, the Information Minister reiterated that the government believes in media freedom and wants to maintain it always.
“But freedom of the media and crime are not the same thing. Journalists associations, editors, publishers, teachers, artists and civil society members of the country have protested and issued statements against curtailing freedom, because crimes are committed here. are gone,” Hasan said.