Bangladesh, Sept. 29 -- Speakers at a webinar on Tuesday urged the government to form a research group involving academics, practitioners and activists to enhance research collaboration on access to information issues both at national and international level.

They made the call at the virtual meeting organised by RTI Forum Bangladesh on the occasion of Right to Know Day, which was observed yesterday globally as International Day for Universal Access to Information by the UN.

Speakers said after a decade of enacting the Right to Information Act in Bangladesh, it is imperative that RTI knowledge-base is enhanced to promote accountable governance in the country through effective implementation of the Act.

They recommended strengthening bo...