Today's knowledge based world is now resonating with the call for meaningful democracy backed by transparency and accountability in the state engine and peoples right of access to information has gained a good importance.
In a modern democratic state, the right to information, more popularly described as the right to know, is an vital prerequisite.
There is no denying the fact that the notion of freedom of thought, of conscience, of speech and rule of law become worthless if the people are deprived of access to information. There appears to have been a universal recognition of the demand and necessity for the establishment of peoples right of access to information.
However, The basic object of the Right to Information Act, 2009 of Bangladesh is to empower the citizens by promoting transparency and accountability in the working of the public, autonomous and statutory organizations and other private organizations constituted or run by the government or foreign financing with the ultimate aim of decreasing corruption and establishing great governance in our democratic society in real sense.
An informed citizenry will be better equipped to save vital vigil over the instruments of government and make the government more accountable to the governed.
The Act has created a practical regime through which the citizens of the country may have access to information under the control of public and other authorities.
The experience in other countries suggests that this scenario can be changed by empowering people with right to information or freedom of information.
Of any existing law-(a) the provisions of providing information shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act; and (b) the provisions of creating impediment in providing information shall be superseded by the provisions of this Act if they become conflicting with the provisions of this Act.
(Please see the Section-3 of the Right to Information Act-2009)
In a modern democratic state, the right to information, more popularly described as the right to know, is an vital prerequisite.
There is no denying the fact that the notion of freedom of thought, of conscience, of speech and rule of law become worthless if the people are deprived of access to information. There appears to have been a universal recognition of the demand and necessity for the establishment of peoples right of access to information.
However, The basic object of the Right to Information Act, 2009 of Bangladesh is to empower the citizens by promoting transparency and accountability in the working of the public, autonomous and statutory organizations and other private organizations constituted or run by the government or foreign financing with the ultimate aim of decreasing corruption and establishing great governance in our democratic society in real sense.
An informed citizenry will be better equipped to save vital vigil over the instruments of government and make the government more accountable to the governed.
The Act has created a practical regime through which the citizens of the country may have access to information under the control of public and other authorities.
The experience in other countries suggests that this scenario can be changed by empowering people with right to information or freedom of information.
Of any existing law-(a) the provisions of providing information shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act; and (b) the provisions of creating impediment in providing information shall be superseded by the provisions of this Act if they become conflicting with the provisions of this Act.
(Please see the Section-3 of the Right to Information Act-2009)
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