Dhaka, May 4 -- Bangladesh has advanced 16 positions in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), reflecting what officials describe as the interim government's hands-off approach to media regulation.

According to the latest RSF report released on Friday to mark World Press Freedom Day, Bangladesh now ranks 149th out of 180 countries - up from 165th in the previous year.

The country scored 33.71 out of 100, an improvement from 27.64 in 2024.

Information and Broadcasting Adviser Mahfuj Alam credited the improvement to the government's commitment to non-interference in media operations.

"There is no intervention-neither by phone nor through any other means-from the government in media affairs," he ...