The External Publicity Wing of the foreign ministry also sent the instruction to media on Wednesday. It said the decision followed the parliamentary standing committee on the foreign affairs’ recommendation. “The parliamentary standing committee has expressed its concern over the negative activities of Bangladeshi journalists abroad as such activities send out wrong information on Bangladesh in the international arena”. The foreign ministry also instructed missions to take up the matter “seriously so that Bangladeshi journalists, whenever travelling to the respective host countries, should be monitored to unearth their activities”. The foreign ministry, however, did not clarify what type of negative activities journalists carry out abroad.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2017 18:33 UTC