Fighting terrorism
Editors Council for combined initiative
STAFF REPORTER
The Editors Council yesterday said that a combined effort was needed to fight the crisis, which has emerged in the country after the recently militant attack on Hoely Artisan Caf in the capitals Gulshan.
The meeting of the Editors Council was held at the office of a daily in the capital with Golam Sarwar, the councils president and the editor of the Daily Samakal, in the chair.
During the meeting, the council observed with great concern that a certain commu-nal and reactionary quarter was active in Bangladesh to stain its image in the outside world. Its main goal is to tarnish Bangladeshs image through violence and killings, the Council members stated.
The Council urged everyone to be united against that evil force. To fight such an evil force, family and social awareness should be increased along with strengthening the capacity of the law enforcement personnel, the Council observed.
The meeting was attended by Mahfuz Anam, Secretary General of the Council and the Editor of The Daily Star, Matiur Rahman, Editor of Prothom Alo, Riazuddin Ahmed, Editor of News Today, AHM Moazzem Hossain, Editor of Financial Express, Naeem Nizam, Editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, Alamgir Mohiudidn, Editor of daily Naya Diganta, MA Malek, Editor of Dainik Azadi, Khandakar Muniruzzaman, Acting Editor of daily Sangbad, Nurul Kabir, Editor of New Age, M Shamsur Rahman, Editor of The Independent, Saiful Alam, Acting Editor of daily Jugantor, Dewan Hanif Mahmud, Editor of daily Banik Barta, and Zafar Sobhan, Editor of Dhaka Tribune.
