There is a grave misconception about Bangladesh’s media, or rather our press freedom, to the outside world, which is largely influenced by opposition political groups, their followers/activists, diplomats and NGOs. It is indeed sad that our political groups never hesitate to malign their own motherland in the name of politics. I blame ourselves first for hurting press freedom by either being censored by superiors or because of self-censorship on various grounds, and that too mostly on partisan lines. Every country, including Britain, has laws, which have to be followed by the press, but in Bangladesh it is a free-for-all. We must respect the hard work that most journalists are doing to uphold freedom of the press by working professionally.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2017 13:41 UTC