Bangladesh Labour Rights Journalists' Forum gets new body

Kazi Abdul Hannan of the Daily Observer has been made president and Ataur Rahman of BSS general secretary of Bangladesh Labour Rights Journalists' Forum (BLRJF) for the next two years.

The announcement of the new body came at a meeting held at Bangladesh Shishu Kalyan Parishad in the capital on Thursday.

The BLRJF gets two vice-presidents - ZAM Khairuzzaman of the Daily Sun and Khandkar Kawsar Hossain of Bhorer Kagoj.

Alamgir Hossain of Shomoyer Alo and Shahidul Islam Ranab of BSS have been elected as joint general secretaries. 

Other office bearers are – Finance Secretary Mohammad Al-Mamun of the Daily Ittefaq, Organising Secretary Md Mahabub Alam of the Daily Sun, Office Secretary Masud Rana of the Sangbad, Training and Research Secretary Anisul Islam Noor of UNB, and Publicity and Publication Secretary Zainul Abedin of the Ajker Patrika.

Executive members are – Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Pratidin, Jahangir Hakim, Abu Yusuf Bablu, Harunur Rashid of the New Nation, Rashedul Hasan of the Protidiner Bangladesh, Rafikul Islam of The Business Post, Khalilur Rahman of the Dhaka Mail, and Manzoor A Aziz of Amadershomoy.com.

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