Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Department of Dhaka University, the country’s oldest discipline in journalism studies celebrated its 54th founding anniversary with a call for mass media to resist militancy.
A colorful procession led by Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique was brought out on the campus.
Clad in t-shirt, hats and ribbons, several hundred teachers , students and alumnus of the department joined the procession under the banner “Mass Media Must Resist Militancy, Dear Bangladesh” from Aparajeyo Bangla in front of ‘Kala Bhaban’ (Arts Faculty building). The procession paraded different campus thoroughfares and ended at Teacher-Student Center of the university.
“The terrorists and perpetrators want to create a panic situation in the country through unleashing militant attacks.
Mass resistance should be waged against the menace,” Professor Arefin Siddique, also a faculty of MCJ department, told a discussion on ‘mass media and militancy’ held at RC Majumder Arts auditorium of the university.
He said: “Each one of us from our respective positions has a role to play in this war against militancy. Teachers and guardians should step up their activities to guide the young generation to keep them in the right track”.
Chief Information Commission and former faculty of MCJ department Professor Golam Rahman and senior professor Dr Sakhawat Ali Khan joined, among others, the discussion with chairman of the department Prof Mafizur Rhaman in the chair.
