Dhaka: Bakshal, It was rooted in January 1975 with the fourth amendment of the constitution. Very few daily newspapers (only four) were published then, and Ittefaq was one of them. All other media outlets were down and out. The four published newspapers used to publish news of the ruler's choice._x000D_ _x000D_ This kind of treatment of freedom of media is known as the 'Bakshal media' model. These days, Bangladesh Bank is following exactly the same model._x000D_ _x000D_ Today, Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukder called the private television Ekatar TV, Zamam Television, Channel I, and NTV for a briefing. He briefed these four TVs at 4:30 pm on Sunday._x000D_ _x000D_ We are terming the process Bakshal because the governor did not call journalists from other TV, newspapers, and online media._x000D_ The journalists presented there protested immediately.When reporters asked The spokesperson's office, he refused to talk about the contents of the briefing._x000D_ _x000D_ According to the source of the press office, only those four televisions were permitted to join the press meeting. It's fair to say there were representatives of Channel 24, Dainik Amar Sangbad, Ajker Patrika, Pratidiner Bangladesh, ShareBiz, Desh Parwan, Now TV, Dhaka Times, Dainik Kalbela, and BDNews present at the bank door. However, they were not given the opportunity to participate in the briefing._x000D_ _x000D_ The Central Bank Governor, Abdur Rauf Talukder, has been under pressure recently by commenting that the country's economy is at the bottom, I have never seen such a bad state of the economy in my working life. It's believed that only four televisions have been called to clarify this fact._x000D_ _x000D_ With that, media analysts think that this is the way the 'Bakshal media' model is being established permanently from government institutions in the state in a very soft and strategic way._x000D_ _x000D_ Translated by Sondha