Chittagong Bureau :
Journalists in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday set an ultimatum demanding constitution of the ninth Wage Board for all newsmen by November 30.
The journalists with the banner of Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) staged a rally at Chittagong Press Club Premises where they said unless the demand was fulfilled the newsmen would wage a tougher campaign.
The CUJ regretted the delay on the part of the Information Ministry in forming the Wage Board despite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s repeated directives while President Abdul Hamid also underscored the need for the enhanced wage for the newsmen nearly 10 months ago.
The rally was staged as part of a countrywide Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) demonstrations demanding formation of the Wage Board to fix the new pay structures for the newsmen and press workers.
CUJ President Reaz Haider Chowdhury chaired the rally, addressed, among others, by BFUJ vice-president Shahidul Alam, Chittagong Press Club (CPC) President Kalim Sarwar, General Secretary (GS) Mohsin Chowdhury, CUJ GS Mohammad Ali and Chittagong TV Journalists Association GS Chowdhury Farid. Leaders of the journalist community in the port city Tapan Chakoroborty, M Nasirul Hoque, Mostak Ahmed, Ezaz Yousifi, Asif Siraj, Hasan Ferdouse, Ratan Kanti Devasis, Niropom Das Gupta and Mainuddin Dulal also spoke at the rally.
Journalists in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday set an ultimatum demanding constitution of the ninth Wage Board for all newsmen by November 30.
The journalists with the banner of Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) staged a rally at Chittagong Press Club Premises where they said unless the demand was fulfilled the newsmen would wage a tougher campaign.
The CUJ regretted the delay on the part of the Information Ministry in forming the Wage Board despite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s repeated directives while President Abdul Hamid also underscored the need for the enhanced wage for the newsmen nearly 10 months ago.
The rally was staged as part of a countrywide Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) demonstrations demanding formation of the Wage Board to fix the new pay structures for the newsmen and press workers.
CUJ President Reaz Haider Chowdhury chaired the rally, addressed, among others, by BFUJ vice-president Shahidul Alam, Chittagong Press Club (CPC) President Kalim Sarwar, General Secretary (GS) Mohsin Chowdhury, CUJ GS Mohammad Ali and Chittagong TV Journalists Association GS Chowdhury Farid. Leaders of the journalist community in the port city Tapan Chakoroborty, M Nasirul Hoque, Mostak Ahmed, Ezaz Yousifi, Asif Siraj, Hasan Ferdouse, Ratan Kanti Devasis, Niropom Das Gupta and Mainuddin Dulal also spoke at the rally.
