State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Thursday said that the government wanted to counter misinformation and disinformation with true information.
He said this in an interview with visiting Garman journalists at his ministry office in the Bangladesh Secretariat, said an official release.
The journalists included Richard Beil, Michael Stang, Susann Kreutzmann, Aljoscha Hartmann, Julia Theres Held, Natalie Mayroth and Benjamin Bernd Thomas.
Asked about Bangladesh recent reaction over Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) latest report and ranking on Bangladesh’s press freedom released in 2023, he said the RSF report contains a number of wrong information. “I have presented the true information to the media with evidence and sent a letter to RSF in this regard. Our intention is to uphold the truth to RSF and re-evaluate the ranking,” he said.
State Minister Arafat told the German journalists that the present government of Bangladesh always welcomes constructive criticism.
“Sometimes, some people criticize the government with ill-intention and they use all types of misinformation to malign the government,” he said.
Welcoming the media’s all positive criticism, Arafat said if media criticizes the government with proper evidence, it helps them to take corrective measures.