From various research works conducted at government and non-government levels and examination of the patients affected with Arsenic pollution, it has been clear that the groundwater of Bangladesh is being pollution with Arsenic since long.

The present situation is so alarming that many experts say Bangladesh is now the worst victim of Arsenic pollution, although the issue came into spotlight only two years ago. Newspapers have taken the key role of identifying Arsenic pollution as a health problem and making it an issue in Bangladesh.

The attention of responsible authorities has been drawn about the issue through regular stories, editorials, post-editorials and articles published in the newspapers. As a result, the government was compelled to identify Arsenic pollution as a serious health hazard in the country their helping hands to resolve the problem.

The newspapers in Bangladesh took initiative to investigate into the Arsenic problem considering the reports of Arsenic presence in water in the Indian state of West Bengal and the possibility of Arsenic pollution in the bordering areas of Bangladesh. Besides, the print media became curious about the issue when they came to know that some people of Bangladesh were affected with mysterious diseases and many of them receive treatment in the West Bengal.

The presence of Arsenic in the groundwater of Bangladesh was proved through investigation. Experts in the West Bengal informed the government officials of Bangladesh about the possible Arsenic pollution in the country's water. But due to mysterious reasons, they kept it secret. In 1994 Bangladesh government almost secretly formed a committee of Arsenic mother. When newspapers started serious reporting on Arsenic problem, the started serious reporting on Arsenic problem, the government constituted a national steering committee on the issue in 1996 and NGOs and donors laid importance on the problem.

Although Bangladesh newspapers played positive on Arsenic issue, sometimes they were criticizes by the government. The government officials used to say that the newspapers were spreading panic by exaggerated reporting. They recognized the existence of Arsenic pollution in water, but said the problem was not so big and it was not difficult to resolve the problem.

But the journalists continued their investigation into the matter despite the non-cooperative attitude of the government, lack of adequate information, adequate information, different opinions about the source of Arsenic and the ways to resolve the problem and uncoordinated activities of the government and private organizations in this field. At last the opinions of local and foreign experts proved the validity of the newspapers repots. 

Although the newspapers played their important roller in building public awareness about Arsenic pollution, the government-controlled electronic media radio and television remained almost silent about silent about the matter. Their proper role in this regard could be more effective in creating people's awareness. Due to lack of publicity in the electronic media, those who don't /can't read newspapers, but listen radio or watch television, could not know about the silent killer 'Arsenic'.