State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said the Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust (BJWT) is an evidence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led government’s goodwill in protecting journalists.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes in the expansion and freedom of the media and the welfare and protection of journalists too,” he said.
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 here this afternoon, according to a press release.
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.
Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) was established in 2003 as a non-profitable organization. A drive need of an appropriate media institute in the private sector arose very justifiably and at last, with a now of cultivating state of the art education, Training, Research and Publication in the area of Journalism, Mass Communication, Mass Media, Public Relations and Information & Communication Technology. BIJEM’s journey started in the 1st and 2nd floor at a building in Elephant Road, Dhaka.
Initially its name was Bangladesh Institute of Communication Studies and Public Relations (BICSPR) which was changed into its present name (BIJEM) in September 2007. BIJEM is county’s first media institute in the private sector and the only one which is affiliated to the National University. This new organization, by dint of its dedicated efforts in imparting innovative and up-to-date training on students, has earned tremendous repute at the national level regardless of government, semi-government and private sectors. Students trust is its strength; their reliability is its glory.
