Dhaka, April 16 -- Media professionals requested the government to cut corporate tax and duty on newsprint import to help the industry survive.

They made the appeal in a virtually-held pre-budget discussion on Thursday with Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

Eminent journalists Mahfuz Anam, Shykh Seraj, Naem Nizam and Nayeemul Islam Khan attended the event, among others.

Briefing newsmen after the meeting, the finance minister said apart from discussing their industry-related problems, the senior journalists also talked about farming, poultry industry, and the country's educational institutions, among other issues.

Replying to a query on the country's food situation Mr Kamal noted that farming would definitely get impo...