Formation of 9th wage board
BSS
RAJSHAHI: Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) yesterday demanded immediate formation of ninth wage board for the journalists and press employees soon otherwise it will stage a tougher movement, reports BSS. It also demanded stoppage of killing, repression and oppression on journalists and called for trial of all journalist killings along with Sagor-Runi. The demands came from a human chain programme at Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Crossing in the city before holding a meeting of the executive committee of BFUJ at Hotel Dalas International in Rajshahi. The members of the committee participated at the meeting jointly organised by Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Rajshahi Union of Journalists (RUJ). The meeting also demanded that the government would declare dearness allowances for the journalists and employees soon and to take initiatives to implement it. RUJ President Kazi Shahed Ahmed presided over the meeting, conducted by its General Secretary Mamun-Ur- Rashid. BFUJ central secretary general Omar Faruk, Former BFUJ president Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Treasurer Modhusudon Mondal, President of Dhaka Union of Journalists Shaban Mahmud and President of Chittagong Union of Journalists Riaz Haider Chowdhury, among others, addressed the programme.
