'No journo to be affected': CA press wing assures issuing journalist-friendly accreditation cards
They [journo bodies] appreciated the government's decision to quickly issue temporary entry passes to more than 200 journalists, CA Press Wing says
The government will come up with more journalist-friendly and efficient accreditation cards for journalists, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing said today.
After a meeting with the leaders of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Union of Journalists, Dhaka Reporters' Unity and Secretariat journalist association, the press wing said, "We told them we regret inconvenience caused by the decision to limit entry of journalists at the secretariat."
In a Facebook post, the chief adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said, "They [journo bodies] appreciated the government's decision to quickly issue temporary entry passes to more than 200 journalists. We've assured them the government would come up with more journalist-friendly and efficient accreditation cards for journalists.
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"No journalists will be affected by the new move," he wrote.
He further said leaders of all four groups who joined the meeting agreed to submit their proposals to improve the system for accreditation cards and entry to the secretariat.
"We believe in freedom of press and free flow of information. We also won't compromise an inch on the question of national security," the press secretary said.
