Journalists should, therefore, use their common sense and experience while using press releases. In the US, there was growing dependence on press releases by politicians as they sought to find a slot in the media. No US senator has less than two press secretaries while some has as many as six. Terry said journalists have to be careful so that they are not manipulated by information handed over to them through handouts of politicians and government agencies. The visiting US scholar also described about different situations when politicians try to use the media for obtaining maximum mileage.
Politicians invent techniques to get space in newspapers.
He said the governments since 1972 gave less importance to higher studies abroad and as a result the country lost linkages with the development of frontiers of knowledge. The Planning Minister said admission for higher education in the universities in Bangladesh should be given strictly on merit basis and maximum care should be taken to ensure the quality of education. He said the cost of higher education should be collected from those students who can pay and at the same time financial support should be provided by the government to the talented needy students. Dr Alamgir said the government wants to increase the allocation for scientific research and development from the existing 0.1 per cent of the GDP to two per cent. The day is being observed when 6000 billion cigarettes are smoked globally every year by 1.1 billion smokers.