DHAKA: A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer on Thursday filed a writ petition seeking its directives to end of telecasting Indian channels in Bangladesh.

Lawyer of petitioner Ekhlas Uddin Bhuiyan said the SC lawyer Sayeda Shahin Ara Laily filed the writ petition in the High Court.

Information Ministry, Information Secretary and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission were made defendants in the petition.

Earlier on Sunday, Ekhlas Uddin sent a legal notice to the government seeking its initiative for an end of the telecast of Indian TV channels in Bangladesh within 24 hours.

He said India doesn’t permit to broadcast Bangladeshi Channels there. But Bangladesh permit to telecast Indian channels which deteriorated the culture of our country.

In the statement, Ekhlas said the dresses named after a character, Pakhi, of serial ‘Bojhe Na Se Bojhe Na’ takes some lives in Bangladesh ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

BDST: 1403 HRS, AUG 7, 2014