<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Adviser for Information and Broadcasting Md Nahid Islam today said there will be no room for corruption and nepotism in his ministry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are trying to build a corruption-free Bangladesh. We will work together for the people of Bangladesh to attain this goal. We will utilize the opportunity that we got (through revolution)," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nahid said this at a view-exchange meeting with chiefs of offices affiliated to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and journalists at his ministry's conference room in the Bangladesh Secretariat here this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the onset of the meeting, one-minute silence was observed commemorating the martyred students, people from different ages and journalists.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About the ouster of the government through a bloody student-people uprising, the information adviser said, "We got a new Bangladesh through another bloody atmosphere. The young generation is dreaming anew, creating new aspirations. We joined this government to reflect those aspirations".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nahid, also posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser, urged the heads of the offices under his ministry to remain watchful so that autocracy cannot arise again in the process of rebuilding the country with new hopes and aspirations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About interference in journalism, Nahid said, "We witnessed what kind of brazen interference was imposed on the freedom of the press, mass media and the freedom of expression in Bangladesh. We do not want such incidents to happen in Bangladesh in the future".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Noting that it is impossible to ensure the freedom of speech without ensuring the freedom of the press, he said, "We must work to ensure freedom of the press".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He emphasized reviewing the controversial laws and regulations to ensure complete freedom of speech.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The adviser assured of standing by the journalists who were killed and received injuries during the anti-discrimination movement waged by students and mass people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About salary structure of journalists, he said the salaries of reporters at junior level are very poor while in many cases the salary structure is not followed by the media outlets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"So, there is the need for a policy regarding the salary structure. If we cannot encourage talented people in journalism, it will not progress," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About the offices under the ministry, the information and broadcasting adviser said, steps will be taken to make the offices dynamic and modernized within the quickest possible time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides, censor board committees will be reformed soon, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>