The High Court has sought explanation on why branding news headlines after advertisers will not be declared illegal.
The bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Mohammad Nuruzzaman issued the rule on Monday upon a public interest litigation filed by former Government Laboratory School teacher M A Matin.
The petition marked the information, law and home secretaries, director-general of the state-run BTV, and chief executive officers (CEO) of private television channels Ekushey TV, Banglavision, Channel i and Boishakhi TV as defendants.
They were told to respond within two weeks.
Barristers Masud Ahmed Sayeed and Ahmed Sohel argued for the petitioner.
Masud told reporters that the television channels in the country including BTV announces daily news headlines after the advertiser's names.
"There is a chance that the TV channel won't broadcast any news against the advertising company even if they commit a crime or any accident takes place in the company," he said.
Though, there are at least 16 private television channels in the country, the petition mentioned only five names including BTV.
Explaining why left the other channels out in his petition, Masud said, "All the names could not be mentioned as we could not monitor their news shows before filing the petition."
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