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Bangladesh NGOs Network for<br>
Radio and Communication<br>
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Communication Technology for a Fairer World<br><br>
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<font size=4 color="#008080"><b>Bangladesh: <br>
Draft Right To Information(RTI)law on website<br><br>
</b></font><font size=3>The committee, formed to formulate a draft on the
Right to Information Ordinance 2008, has prepared a preliminary draft
after reviewing the Law Commission report on right to information and the
existing laws of the SAARC countries.<br><br>
The preliminary draft has been put on the information ministry website
<a href="http://www.moi.gov.bd/" eudora="autourl"><b>www.moi.gov.bd</a>
</b> seeking public opinion on it.<br><br>
According to a PID handout on Tuesday, a roundtable will be arranged soon
to elicit public opinion on the preliminary draft. Representatives from
the civil society, non-government organisations, intellectuals, lawyers,
journalists, business people and professionals will take part in the
roundtable discussion.<br><br>
Recommendations and opinions of the roundtable will be incorporated in
the preliminary draft to prepare the final draft of the
ordinance.<br><br>
Any interested person on the issue can put forward his or her opinion or
recommendations on it until March 23 through email to
</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><b>moisecretary@yahoo.com,
addsecmoi@yahoo.com, jsadm_moi@yahoo.com, jsdev_moi@yahoo.com and
jsbmoi@yahoo.com</b></font><font size=3>.<br><br>
The government has formed the eight-member committee with the
joint-secretary (development) of the information ministry as its chairman
to formulate a draft on the Right to Information Ordinance 2008.<br><br>
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<b>Bazlu<br><br>
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</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">AHM Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#008080">Bangladesh NGOs Network
for Radio and Communication<br>
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Member, Strategy Council<br>
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#800080">House: 13/1, Road:2,
Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 <br>
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">Phone: 88-02-9130750,
88-02-9138501<br>
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3>E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net,
bnnrc@bd.drik.net, <br>
<a href="http://www.bnnrc.net/" eudora="autourl">www.bnnrc.net<br>
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