Right to Information Act and Record Management System in Bangladesh
Muhammad Lutful Haq
Archives without borders
August, 30th 2010
Peace Palace, The Hague
28. More than 70 countries have enacted RTI Act; but only a fewer have also revised or modernized their RM legislations. Thus in many countries acts or rules related to RM are mostly out dated.
39. On 14 th July 2010, Chief Information Commissioner pointed out that record keeping is very poor in Bangladesh and there is an urgent need for keeping records digitally.