Stop illegal firing, pay arrears
Journo leaders urge media owners
Leaders of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) yesterday urged the owners of the media to stop illegal termination of journalists and other employees from jobs and pay their arrears immediately.
They made the call in an emergency meeting of the DUJ announcing that the journalist community would form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club on July 8 in protest against 'such evil steps'.
DUJ president Omar Faruque chaired the meeting.
DUJ leaders including general secretary Saban Mahmud, Abdul Majid, Mofijul Islam, Sohel Haider Chowdhury, Mahamudur Rahman Khokon, Abul Khayer, Shahid Hasan, Salimullah Selim, Kishore Kumar Sarker, Gazi Jahirul Islam and Sheikh Nazmul Haque Saikat, among others, addressed the meeting.
They expressed deep concern over illegal retrenchment of many journalists from different newspapers and news agencies, including the daily Ittefaq, the Daily Sun, the daily Sakaler Khabor, Banglanews24.com and the daily Samakal.
In the meeting, the journalist leaders also blasted ATN Bangla Chairman Mahfuzur Rahman for his recent indecent remarks on journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder.
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