A 43-member executive committee of Barisal Division Journalists’ Association (BDJA) was formed on Monday with Azizul Islam Bhuiyan, Editor of Bangladesh News, and Aminul Islam Mirja, Diplomatic Correspondent of BSS, as President and General Secretary respectively. The committee was formed at a meeting of this regional journalists’ body at Jatiya Press Club in the city with outgoing President of BDJA Abdur Rahman in the chair.
Editor of the daily Samakal and Chief Adviser of the association Golam Sarwar, who joined the meeting as the chief guest, announced the committee for the next two years. Outgoing General Secretary of the association Elias Khan conducted the meeting.
The other office-bearers of the committee are- Senior Vice- President- Mahmood Al-Faisal (SA TV), Vice Presidents- Alimuszzaman Haroon (lastnews.com) and Hemayet Hossain (New Nation), Joint Secretaries- Kawser Hossain (Bhorer Kagoj), Mamun Abedin (Bhorer Kagoj) and Shahidul Islam Rana (BSS), Treasurer-Zahirul Haque Rana (BSS), Office Secretary-Hasan Sohel (the Daily Inqilab), Organising Secretary-ASM Zakir Hossain (Ajker Sangbad), Women’s Affairs Secretary-Mahmuda Doli (Desh Janata), Cultural Secretary-Mehedi Hasan Masum (Alokito Samoy), Information and Research Secretary-Nizamul Haque (the Daily Ittefaq), Sports Secretary-Shafiqul Islam Shamim (Justnewsbd.com) and Publicity Secretary-Harolal Roy Sagor(Bangladesh Somoy). A total of 27 members of the executive committee of the association were also elected at the meeting.
