A.K. Azad re-elected NOAB president

A.K. Azad, managing director of Times Media Limited that publishes The Daily Samakal, has been re-elected president of the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB).

ASM Shahidullah Khan Badal, chairman of New Age editorial board, and Matiur Rahman Choudhury, chief editor of the daily Manab Zamin, have also been re-elected vice president and treasurer respectively. 

The executive members who were elected at the meeting are Matiur Rahman, editor and publisher of The Daily Prothom Alo; Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star; Tasmima Hossain, editor of The Daily Ittefaq; MA Malek, editor of The Dainik Azadi; Mozammel Hoque, editor of The Daily Karatoa; Altamash Kabir, editor of The Dainik Sangbad; Naem Nizam, editor of The Daily Bangladesh Pratidin; Tarik Sujat, managing director at Mediascene Ltd that publishes The Daily Bhorer Kagoj; Shamim Islam, director of The Daily Jugantor, and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor and publisher of The Bonik Barta. 

On behalf of the electoral board, Shah Husain Imam, editor of the Financial Express, announced the names of the new committee members on Sunday.

/MHK/