Hasanul Haq Inu
Four more ex-ministers made chiefs of House bodies
Four more former ministers, who were dropped from Sheikh Hasina's new cabinet, have been made chiefs of the same number of parliamentary standing committees last night.
New wage board likely for journalists: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu hints at forming a new wage board for journalists of the electronic media and televisions.
JSD vows to introduce bicameral parliament
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, a component of Awami League-led 14-party alliance, pledged to form a bicameral parliament.
83 per cent television viewers still watch BTV, Inu tells JS
Though there are many private television channels in the country, 83 per cent television viewers still watch Bangladesh Television (BTV), Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu tells Parliament.
Inu for practicing workers-friendly politics
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu calls upon all to practice workers-friendly politics and run workers-friendly economy in the country to build a society free from discrimination and exploitation.
Rizvi now blasts Inu at press briefing
Blaming a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) for creating anarchy in post-independence Bangladesh, BNP today says Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu should be brought to justice for that.
After Ashraf, JP MP also criticises Inu
Opposing induction of JSD leader Hasanul Huq Inu as a minister, Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid expresses his fear that the prime minister might even bring some secret killers to the parliament someday.
Bangladesh Information Minister Inu gets death threat
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu was threatened with life yesterday. An unknown person sent him a shroud in a shopping bag, said a ministry official.
Inu ‘threatened with death’
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.
Govt moves to form media monitoring centre
The government has taken initiative to form a “media monitoring centre” to monitor news items published in different media, the information minister tells the parliament.
Inu fails to convince dissidents
Despite appeals by Hasanul Haq Inu, the dissidents of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) stick to their decision to go on with their own faction, saying they are the "real JSD".
Media was under pressure after 1/11, says Inu
The Daily Star editor's recent comment revealed that the mass media was forced to publish lies and distorted and partial information during the tenure of the 2007-2008 caretaker government, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday.
Media was forced to publish lies after 1/11 changeover: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says that The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam’s recent comment reveals that the mass media was forced to publish lies, distorted and partial information during the 2007-2008 caretaker government regime.
'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh
Without free access to information, backed up by journalists who are willing to dig down and get to the truth, all the other liberties celebrated in democracies are endangered. That's why the world should be worried by the concerted attacks on one of the leading newspaper editors in South Asia, Mahfuz Anam of Bangladesh's Daily Star.
Broadcast Law in June: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu says the draft of a ‘Broadcast Law’ will be placed at the next session of Parliament in June after getting clearance from Cabinet.
Talk shows must not spread false info: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says private satellite television channels will not get any scope to telecast “distorted and false” information through talk shows once the broadcast commission is set up.
Special tribunal for Khaleda after Eid: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says a special tribunal will be formed after Eid-ul-Fitr for speedy disposal of cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for instigating arson attacks during the BNP-led alliance’s agitation since January.
Govt trying to keep Khaleda from polls: BNP
BNP alleges that the government has been hatching a conspiracy to make ineligible the party leaders including its chief Khaleda Zia for the next parliamentary polls.
Khaleda to be kept at Kashimpur jail: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be brought to book for “fire-bomb terrorism” and kept in Kashimpur jail.