Saarc seeks proposal from Bangladesh for launching Saarc News Agency
Dhaka, July 11 (UNB) - Saarc Information Centre (SIC) has formally sought a proposal from Bangladesh for establishing a permanent Saarc News Agency (SNA) for the better flow of information in the South Asia region.
Talking to UNB about the proposal for the SNA, Information Secretary Hedaetullah Al Mamoon on Wednesday said, “This is a very good initiative and we’ve taken it positively.”
He said SIC Director Laxmi Bilas Koirala in a letter to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) City Editor Ajit Kumar Sarkar on July 10 requested for submitting a proposal for establishing Saarc News Agency (SNA) in the region as per the outcome of discussions held during a seminar in Paro of Bhutan recently.
The seminar was jointly organised by the Saarc Secretariat, SIC, and the government of Bhutan endorsed the Bangladesh proposal for establishing the permanent Saarc News Agency in the region with nomination of a focal point from each national news agency/state owned media organisation in it for better coordination of news and information flow.
In his letter, Koirala lauded the well-thought-out idea on establishing the Saarc News Agency. “I would like to place on the record my appreciation for the work carried out by you for realisation of the Saarc News Agency for better flow of information on Saarc in the region,” the SIC director said.
Sources at the Ministry of Information said Bangladesh is expected to submit the Project Concept Paper on establishing the Saarc News Agency soon as the SIC has made a formal proposal.
The government is eager to extend cooperation to the initiatives that would promote trade, investment and development issues as well as enhance image of SAARC countries, they said.
According to the sources, Information Secretary Hedaetullah Al Mamoon, BSS City Editor Ajit Kumar Sarkar and Director General (Saarc and Bimstec) Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker had a meeting at the secretariat in this regard and decided to send the Project Concept Paper (PCP) prepared by Ajit Kumar Sarkar through a formal channel.
The PCP proposed for setting up a permanent news agency in the South Asia region with organisational structure, news inflow and outflow and a sustainable plan in 3-5 years.
The SIC is likely to place another proposal on establishing an Association of SAARC News Agency (ASNA) submitted by Media Consultant of Research and Analysis House of Bhutan Gopilala Acharia to the meeting of the Governing Body of SIC, said a source associate at SIC.
Talking to UNB about the proposal for the SNA, Information Secretary Hedaetullah Al Mamoon on Wednesday said, “This is a very good initiative and we’ve taken it positively.”
He said SIC Director Laxmi Bilas Koirala in a letter to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) City Editor Ajit Kumar Sarkar on July 10 requested for submitting a proposal for establishing Saarc News Agency (SNA) in the region as per the outcome of discussions held during a seminar in Paro of Bhutan recently.
The seminar was jointly organised by the Saarc Secretariat, SIC, and the government of Bhutan endorsed the Bangladesh proposal for establishing the permanent Saarc News Agency in the region with nomination of a focal point from each national news agency/state owned media organisation in it for better coordination of news and information flow.
In his letter, Koirala lauded the well-thought-out idea on establishing the Saarc News Agency. “I would like to place on the record my appreciation for the work carried out by you for realisation of the Saarc News Agency for better flow of information on Saarc in the region,” the SIC director said.
Sources at the Ministry of Information said Bangladesh is expected to submit the Project Concept Paper on establishing the Saarc News Agency soon as the SIC has made a formal proposal.
The government is eager to extend cooperation to the initiatives that would promote trade, investment and development issues as well as enhance image of SAARC countries, they said.
According to the sources, Information Secretary Hedaetullah Al Mamoon, BSS City Editor Ajit Kumar Sarkar and Director General (Saarc and Bimstec) Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker had a meeting at the secretariat in this regard and decided to send the Project Concept Paper (PCP) prepared by Ajit Kumar Sarkar through a formal channel.
The PCP proposed for setting up a permanent news agency in the South Asia region with organisational structure, news inflow and outflow and a sustainable plan in 3-5 years.
The SIC is likely to place another proposal on establishing an Association of SAARC News Agency (ASNA) submitted by Media Consultant of Research and Analysis House of Bhutan Gopilala Acharia to the meeting of the Governing Body of SIC, said a source associate at SIC.
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