Dhaka, April 16 -- Muhammad Ali Arafat, State Minister of Information and Broadcasting, has said that action will be taken against unregistered and illegal online portals. He said this during an exchange of views with the executive members of Online News Portal Association Bangladesh (ONAB) at the Ministry meeting room at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

The state minister said, the government does not monitor or control, but there is some need for discipline. Many people are managing online media beyond the registration process. The media here is so free, open and independent that it can operate without registration and surveillance and control.

"I will say again, there is no question of control or surveillance. We don't support them, we do...