State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Thursday said that the current government always welcomes constructive criticism.
The government just wants to challenge misinformation and disinformation with true information, he said.
The state minister said this in an interview with visiting German journalists at his ministry office in the Bangladesh Secretariat this noon.
The journalists included Richard Beil, Michael Stang, Susann Kreutzmann, Aljoscha Hartmann, Julia Theres Held, Natalie Mayroth and Benjamin Bernd Thomas.
Asked about Bangladesh's recent reaction over Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) latest report and ranking on Bangladesh’s press freedom released in 2023, Arafat said, “I did not criticise the report and ranking published on the RSF website, but presented factual information as the report is available on the website till 2024.”
The RSF report contains a lot of wrong information, he said, adding, “In response, I have presented the facts to the media with evidence and sent a letter to the RSF in this regard."