Dhaka, May 5 -- A mechanism needs to be developed so that the Bangladesh Bank can provide information for journalists while protecting sensitive ones of the same, State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A. Arafat has said.

"We're exploring how central banks across the globe operate in this regard and how journalists' access is administered there. We'll try to address this following the global standards."

The state minister made the remarks while responding to a request to comment on the ban on journalists' access to the central bank.

He was speaking as the chief guest of a discussion organised by the Editors' Council at the National Press Club in the capital on Saturday to observe World Press Freedom Day.

The discussi...