Staff Reporter :
The leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists’ (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Tuesday threatened of hunger strike on September 20 for 9th Wage Board.
They also warned of series of tough demonstrations every day after September 20 to press
home their demand. The leaders said this at a press conference demanding the resignation of the Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu and protesting the indecent comments of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith about journalists.
It will be a daylong hunger strike in front of Jatiya Press Club, said Omar Faruq, Secretary General of the BFUJ, reading out a written statement.
From September 24 onwards, the journalists will demonstrate every day in front of the secretariat, he said in the press conference arranged at Jatiya Press Club.
Also, the journalists announced to exclude Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu from their programme as a mark of protest against the minister.
“The government has an alternative way to form a wage board even if the media owners do not cooperate,” said Shaban Mahmud, President of DUJ.
The speakers also criticised the delay in the inclusion of electronic media in the wage board and Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s comments about journalists.
Bulbul Ahmed, President of BFUJ, and Sohel Haider Chowdhury, General Secretary of DUJ, also spoke on the occasion.
The leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists’ (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Tuesday threatened of hunger strike on September 20 for 9th Wage Board.
They also warned of series of tough demonstrations every day after September 20 to press
home their demand. The leaders said this at a press conference demanding the resignation of the Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu and protesting the indecent comments of Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith about journalists.
It will be a daylong hunger strike in front of Jatiya Press Club, said Omar Faruq, Secretary General of the BFUJ, reading out a written statement.
From September 24 onwards, the journalists will demonstrate every day in front of the secretariat, he said in the press conference arranged at Jatiya Press Club.
Also, the journalists announced to exclude Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu from their programme as a mark of protest against the minister.
“The government has an alternative way to form a wage board even if the media owners do not cooperate,” said Shaban Mahmud, President of DUJ.
The speakers also criticised the delay in the inclusion of electronic media in the wage board and Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s comments about journalists.
Bulbul Ahmed, President of BFUJ, and Sohel Haider Chowdhury, General Secretary of DUJ, also spoke on the occasion.
