Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud has made it clear that online versions of newspapers or news portals are not legally allowed to broadcast talk shows and bulletins, citing a gazette in this regard, reports UNB.
“Recently Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) leaders brought the matter to our attention that online versions of some newspapers and online portals are publishing talk shows and news bulletins for which they don’t have any approval," he said.
He was talking to reporters on Sunday during a meeting at his ministry in Dhaka.
“We have skimmed through the laws in this regard and found that they cannot publish any such contents according to the subsection 2,4, and 6 of section two of National Online Mass Media Policy 2017,” said Hasan Mahmud.
"In the digital age, providing relevant video clips with news is not a violation of the rules, but the policy does not approve of broadcasting talk shows or news bulletins at all," he said.
"The online versions of the newspaper were registered without any investigation on the condition that the news published in the newspaper would be published online, which should not be different," he said.
"If ATCO gives a written objection in this regard, we will inform the concerned authorities by mentioning the sections and subsections of the law", said the minister.
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