Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- The Right to Information (RTI) Act has been enacted in Bangladesh in 2009. It is a significant development in the field of promoting human rights and good governance. Although in the Constitution of Bangladesh there is no direct mention about right to information, the preamble of the RTI Act stipulates that the right to information is an essential part of freedom of speech, conscience, and thought which is guaranteed as a fundamental right in Article 39 of the Constitution. As article 7(1) of the Constitution promotes supremacy of the Constitution declaring "all powers of the Republic belong to the people", right to information is thus necessary to empower people.
The purposes of the RTI Act are to increase transparency a...