Dhaka, May 17 -- The government has decided to form an advisory committee to facilitate the formation of a media commission, leaders of the Editors' Council said after a meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday.

The decision came during a meeting between the Prime Minister and leaders of the Editors' Council at the Cabinet Division's Public Administration conference room at the Secretariat.

Speaking to reporters after the one-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting, Editors' Council President and New Age Editor Nurul Kabir said they had a detailed discussion with the Prime Minister on the existing media environment and laws affecting the sector.

He said they informed him about the undemocratic aspects within the existing laws a...