Maintaining ethics of journalism stressed

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GAIBANDHA, FEB 27, 2020 (BSS)- Speakers at a training programme held here today urged the media men to maintain ethics of journalism to push forward
the country towards desired development.

“Journalism is recognized as a noble and dignified profession as the brave and the sincere journalists never compromise with the evils and they always work in favour of truth for the country and its people”, they said.

They made the observations while addressing a concluding ceremony of
three-daylong training on Investigative Reporting organized by Press
Institute Bangladesh (PIB) at the training room of Youth Training Center
(YTC) this afternoon .

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin addressed the function as the chief
guest and Deputy Director of the Department of Youth Development Tofael Ahmed
Khan and Deputy Coordinator of YTC AK Khaled were present as the special
guests while junior trainer of PIB Mohammad Shah Alam was the moderator.

DC Abdul Matin in his speeches underscored the need for presenting
objective and constructive news including development one to accelerate the
country’s development and ensure people’s welfare and rights as well.

Journalists through their reporting could make the government aware of the
problems and prospect in any field of the country and they could also
identify the mistakes of the government through constructive criticism for
their correction,” the DC also said.

Later, DC Abdul Matin formally distributed the certificates among the
participants.

A total of 35 journalists of print and electronic media took part in the
training.