The state will take initiatives to ensure that all workers have rights to universal social security (accidents at work, death, disability, sickness, retirement, maternity benefits or any adverse situation). Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Social Security and Welfare Status: Operationalisation Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Establish an emergency and contingency fund to ensure the continued payment of wages and other entitlements, and to maintain production during domestic and international crises, natural disasters, pandemics, or sudden business downturns. In addition, the transparency and accountability of the Labour Welfare Foundation and the central fund will be ensured. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Safe work, healthy working environment and workers' healthcare Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
It is necessary for the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to conduct annual surveys to verify the expectations and actual experiences of listeners, viewers, and readers regarding the media. Year: 2025 Domain: Annual Media Audience Surveys Media Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
a. Eliminating gender discrimination in recruitment, placement, and training to ensure the participation of all genders at all levels of the media; b. Preparing gender-sensitive codes of conduct in each media outlet and establishing systems for providing information, discussion, training, and monitoring for effective implementation of the code of conduct; ensuring infrastructure (e.g., separate toilets, childcare centres) for the smooth participation of all genders; c. Ensuring the utmost caution in the safety and protection of journalists of all genders, prioritising the needs of women; providing transportation arrangements for safe travel; d. Establishing a complaints redress cell in each media office as per the High Court directive on preventing sexual harassment (2009); e. Taking mental health protection measures to cope with various types of pressure in journalism; f. Ensuring that women receive proper maternity leave and do not face any discrimination upon returning to work after leave; g. Formulating clear guidelines and rules for how women will be presented; preparing policies on not publishing or broadcasting stereotypical ideas that create hatred, animosity, or negative attitudes towards women, or hinder their smooth presence in all fields; h. Highlighting the multifaceted roles and participation of women in society; ensuring that the voice and perspective of women are reflected in any news/feature; i. Preparing clear guidelines for language use to avoid direct or indirect humiliation of women through words or descriptions. Year: 2025 Domain: Ensuring Gender and Equality in Media Media Status: Reform Initiated Last Update: 14-Dec-25
More research-based knowledge is needed on media literacy’s methods, effectiveness, evaluation, etc. Year: 2025 Domain: Media Media Literacy Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
As a long-term measure, media literacy must be included in the curriculum of different levels of education. Year: 2025 Domain: Media Media Literacy Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Various workshops, seminars, and sessions can be organised in classrooms to enhance media literacy knowledge and skills among secondary and college students (including equivalent madrasas). Researchers and thinkers on media literacy must be involved in these activities. These activities can be undertaken through a combined initiative of the relevant ministries, research institutions/NGOs, and academia. Year: 2025 Domain: Media Media Literacy Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
It is necessary to introduce specific systems/methods for verifying misinformation/fake news in every newsroom. Responsible and trained journalists can do this work. However, technological support should also be in place. To address the shortage of adequate investment in truth verification activities due to the financial crisis in the media, the possibility of arranging a larger and collective initiative within the news industry can be considered. The right of this initiative to work independently must, of course, be ensured. Year: 2025 Domain: Combating Fake/Misinformation Media Status: Reform Initiated Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Since all media are now becoming multimedia-dependent in content creation, the Reforms Commission deems it appropriate to merge the two institutions, given the future of the press. If merged, it will be transformed into an intense national media training and research institution/institute. Year: 2025 Domain: Media PIB and National Media Training Institutes Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Media organisations will ensure that safety equipment and training are provided to all journalists, where applicable. The institution’s obligation to provide legal assistance in resolving any lawsuits related to professional work must be ensured. Year: 2025 Domain: Financial Security and Labor Laws for Journalists Media Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
