Noab elects AK Azad new president
AK Azad, publisher of Bangla daily the Samakal, has been elected president of the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab).
ASM Shahidullah Khan Badal, chairman of New Age editorial board, and Matiur Rahman Choudhury, chief editor of the daily Manab Zamin, have been elected vice president and treasurer respectively, says a press release of the association.
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They were elected at the annual general meeting of the association at a city hotel on Monday.
The meeting formed the executive committee of Noab for 2020-2021.
The executive members who were elected at the meeting are Matiur Rahman, editor and publisher of the Bangla daily Prothom Alo, Tasmima Hossain, editor of the daily Ittefaq, Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, Naem Nizam, editor of the daily Bangladesh Pratidin, MA Malek, editor of the Dainik Azadi, Mozammel Hoque, editor of the daily Karatoa, M Shamsur Rahman, editor and publisher of the Independent, Tarik Sujat, managing director at Mediascene Ltd that publishes the daily Bhorer Kagoj, and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor and publisher of Bonik Barta.
Senior journalist Reazuddin Ahmed, chief of the election board, announced the names of the new committee members.
AMM Bahauddin, editor and publisher of the Inqilab, Shah Husain Imam, editor of the Financial Express, were the other members of the election board.
The meeting approved the financial reports and the audit reports of the years 2018 and 2019.
The meeting also discussed the prevailing crises in the newspaper industry worldwide including Bangladesh among other topics and has emphasised working with short and long term plan to overcome the adversaries.
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