Journalist welfare trust is a evidence of govt's goodwill: Arafat

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has said that Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust (BJWT) is an evidence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government's goodwill in protecting journalists.

He said: “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes in the expansion and freedom of the media and the welfare and protection of journalists too."

The state minister said this while chairing the 30th meeting of the BJWT Trustee Board at his ministry’s conference room in the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday.

Keeping pace with the expansion of the country’s media in the last 15 years, he said, different initiatives have been taken for ensuring the overall welfare of the journalists.

“In 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina established the BJWT by enacting the Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust Act. The formation of this trust proved that the government, led by her, is the journalist-friendly one,” the state minister said.