The Bangladesh Chapter of SAARC Journalist Forum has been formed with Nasir Al Mamoon of the Daily Ajkal as its President and Shiabur Rahman of The Financial Express as General Secretary.
The committee was constituted at a meeting held on Saturday afternoon at the National Press Club in Dhaka with Abdur Rahman, Central Secretary General of SAARC Journalist Forum, in the chair, said a press release.
Other office bearers are Vice-presidents Asif Hasan Nabi (Ajker Probhat) and Shariful Islam (Janakantha), Joint General Secretary Shahed Matiur Rahman (Nayadiganta), Treasurer Reza Mahmud (New Nation) and Executive Member Rafiqul Islam Azad (Daily Industry), Mohd Jahangir Alam (UNB), MA Noman (NTV), Rashed Ahmed (New Age) and Md. Mustafa Khan (Ittefaq).
The meeting decided to hold a seminar on the future of SAARC and emphasized the need for forging close communication among journalists in the region.