A new committee of the Religious Reporters Forum (RRF) has been formed, with Faiz Ullah Bhuiyan of DBC News elected as president and Khalid Saifullah, senior reporter of the Daily Naya Diganta, elected as secretary.
The committee was elected for a two-year term at the RRF’s annual general meeting held on Saturday at Hotel Victory in the capital’s Naya Paltan.
Moniruzzaman Ujjal of Jago News was elected vice-president, while Bangladesh Pratidin senior reporter Shafiqul Islam Sohag became joint general secretary. Amar Desh senior reporter Rakibul Haque was elected finance secretary, Channel I reporter Akhter Habib as organizing secretary, and Bhorer Dak senior reporter Saidul Islam as office, publicity, and publication secretary.
The newly elected executive members include Shamsul Islam of Daily Inqilab, Ubaidullah Badal of Kaler Kantho, Ahmed Jamal of Manab Zamin, Kamruzzaman Bablu of The New Nation, Mohsinul Karim Lebu of The Daily Observer, and Mia Hossain of Dainik Sangram.
Earlier in the day, the annual general meeting was chaired by outgoing RRF President Ubaidullah Badal and moderated by General Secretary Kamruzzaman Bablu.
Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) President Syed Golam Sarwar and Secretary General Farid Ahmed Majumder were present as special guests.