Speakers in a meeting yesterday said right to information was the key to all rights. They also stressed the free flow of information to ensure transparency, accountability and democracy in the country.
They said this government has broken the culture of hiding information by passing the RTI Act in 2009 and has established the rights of all people to get information.
An informed person is a conscious person, so people should be aware of the Act, they added.
Right to information is the key to all rights and there is no alternative to the free flow of information to ensure transparency, accountability and democracy, they further added.
Chapainawabganj District Information Office arranged the views exchanging meeting with the journalists of different print and electronic media on ‘Right to Information Act and Morality’ at the Chapainawabganj Sadharan Pathagar in the town.
District information officer Md Waheduzzaman presided over the meeting.
Among others, head of the department of Bangla of Nawabganj Government College Professor Dr. Mazharul Islam Toru and Assistant Station Manager of Radio Mohananda Takiur Rahman spoke on the occasion.
