Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary, Mohammad Shafiqul Alam, spoke today at a discussion titled ‘Media Trends after the Uprising’ held at the National Press Club in Dhaka. Photo: BSS

DHAKA, May 15, 2025 (BSS) – Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Mohammad Shafiqul Alam today said accreditation cards will be issued soon for the genuine journalists through necessary verification and maintaining transparency.

“The government will not allow any leader of any party to lobby for accreditation cards,” he said, while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion titled ‘Media Trends after the Uprising’ at the Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia Hall of the National Press Club in the city, said a press release.

Shafiqul said that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure safe journalism. 

The media needs a new social contact and economic model, through which journalists’ copyright and salaries will be protected, he noted.

The press secretary said that in the last nine months, the media has been enjoying unfettered freedom. 

“A large section of the media tried to legitimize Sheikh Hasina through branding the students and people who participated in the mass uprising as terrorists or militants. The government wants everyone to tell the truth. The media will be independent and institutional. The government has not closed any news outlet rather it has opened online blocked sites like Netra News,” he added.

Even though many journalists write lies on Facebook, the government is not taking away the rights of speaking for ideological reasons, he said.

However, like in other countries, he believed that every newspaper should have guidelines for journalists on their own use of social media.

Director General of the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) Faruk Wasif, among others, spoke on the occasion.

Convener of Fascism Free Media Joynal Abedin Shishir presided over the event.