Media for better governance

Everyday, the media in Bangladesh produces a large number of investigative reports that relate mainly to corruption, underperformance in government organisations and an assortment of other ills. But hardly anything punitive and corrective are seen as done by the government in reaction to these exposures. Therefore, a system should be devised for top officials to be made aware of the media reports and comments in relation to their departments and, more importantly, for them to be similarly obliged to take swift and uncompromising actions in response to these reports and comments.
Government must have a good enough system in place to get feedback from the media and to respond to them swiftly and adequately. If this is done, then the media will have played a valuable role in helping to improve governance.
Enayet Karim
Baridhara,
Dhaka