Bangladesh Press Council Day tomorrow
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DHAKA, Feb 13, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh Press Council (BPC) Day will be observed in the country tomorrow in a befitting manner.
Bangladesh Press Council was established on February 14, 1974 by enacting the Bangladesh Press Council Act by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to protect press freedom and improve its standard.
On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages greeting all concerned, including BPC , journalists and wishing all programmes of the day a success.
‘Realising that journalist society would be an associate force of democracy, Bangabandhu enacted BPC Act in 1974 to protect freedom of the press and its development, President Abdul Hamid said .