Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 968 Mon. February 19, 2007       Letters to Editor Restrictions on the media? T.A.M. Nurul Bashar, Gulshan, Dhaka It may be necessary to restrict all political activities, direct or indirect, and the govt. is perhaps right in restricting the same. But the same is not applicable to the media. We need to see an end to resurgence of politics of chaos, anarchy, loot & plunder. But in my view it would be counter productive to put restrictions on the media. The present caretaker government is the product of the wishes of the people. It derives its legality and strength from popular support. It is very much necessary to keep the communication channels between the government and the people open all the time. This can happen only through the media.