Amitosh Pal of Daily Samakal, Shohel Mamun of Dhaka Tribune and Rashad Ahamad of The Business Post have been elected as the new president, general secretary and finance secretary respectively of the Urban Development Journalists Forum Bangladesh (UDJFB) on Saturday for the 2022-2023 term.
Besides, KM Saifullah of Daily Naya Diganta was elected vice-president, Faisal Khan of Daily Somoyer Alo joint-secretary, Hasan Emon of Daily Pratidiner Sangbad organizing secretary, Yasin Rana of Daily Inqilab office secretary, Rashidul Hasan of The Daily Sun publicity and publication secretary, Billal Hossain of RTV welfare secretary, Masud Rana of BTV training and research secretary.
Newly elected five executive members are Zafar Iqbal of Daily Sangram, Sazida Islam Parul of Samakal, Nure Alam Ziku of Manabzamin, Faruk Alam RTV Online and Jahura Akhter of Sadakalo News.
Matin Abdullah, president of the organization, presided over the bi-annual general meeting.
Over 100 members of the forum who reports focused on urban infrastructure development, housing, sanitation, transport, environment and public utilities were present at the meeting.
Newly elected committee of UDJFB will work for capacity building of its reporters for writing more investigative, impactful and analytical reports on urban issues.
