President urges journalists to be accountable

President Zillur Rahman yesterday urged journalist leaders to give highest priority to the national interest by being accountable to the country and its people.
He made the call when a team of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) led by its President Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury met him at Bangabhaban.
Zillur said the role of media is very important as the journalists raise expectation of common people and identify flaws of the government.
Iqbal urged the president to take his personal interventions to ensure proper investigations of murders of all journalists, including journalist couple Sagar-Runi.
He also urged the president to take initiatives for including a journalist representative to the National Information Commission.
BFUJ Secretary General Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan also spoke on the occasion.