LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam on Wednesday urged journalists to practice responsible journalism saying that irresponsible or negative journalism are an impediment to development.
“Such journalism can also create adverse impact on the national interest,” he said while inaugurating a training workshop titled ’ten initiatives of Sheikh Hasina and development journalism’ at PIB in the capital.
Referring to development programmes, he said the ‘Amar Bari Amar Khamar’ project brought changes to about 15 million people of the country.
He called upon journalists to play leading role to help keep the people’s faith intact on various development projects of the government, said a PID handout.