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The government has formed an 11-member media reform commission with veteran journalist Kamal Ahmed as its chief.
The other members of the commission are Shamsul Huq Zahid, Editor of The Financial Express and Representative of the Editors' Council; Professor Dr Gitiara Nasreen, Department of Mass Communication & Journalism at Dhaka University; Akhter Hossain Khan, Secretary of News Papers Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB); a representative of Association of Television Owners; Syed Abdal Ahmed, former General Secretary of Jatiya Press Club; Fahim Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of Jamuna Television and a trustee of Broadcast Journalism Centre; Jimi Amir, journalist and convener of Media Support Network; Mustafa Sabuj, Bogura correspondent of The Daily Star; Titu Dutta Gupta, Deputy Editor of The Business Standard; and Abdullah Al Mamun, a student representative.
The commission will submit their report to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus by the next 90 days, said the Chief Adviser's press wing on Monday.
The chief and the members of the commission will get status and salary and enjoy benefits to be determined by the government. But, if any one of them wants to work voluntarily, without taking benefits, he or she must take permission from the chief adviser.
On October 17, the government announced the formation of four more new reform commissions on health, mass media, workers' rights and women affairs.