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DUJ-WAGE-BOARD
DUJ demands immediate announcement of 9th wage board award
DHAKA, May 5, 2019 (BSS) – Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) today staged a
demonstration demanding immediate announcement of the 9th wage board award.
Their other demands included stopping retrenchment of journalists by different
media houses, providing regular salary and allowances to newsmen and passing
a law for newsmen in the parliament.
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) President Mollah Jalal, its
Secretary General Shaban Mahmood, Vice-President Syed Istiaque Reza, DUJ
General Secretary Sohel Haider Chowdhury, BFUJ Joint Secretary General Abdul
Majid and DUJ BSS Unit Deputy Chief Kazi Golam Alauddin (Tanvir Aladin),
among others, spoke at the demonstration held in front of Jatiya Press Club
(JPC).
DUJ President Abu Zafar Surya chaired it.
The journalist leaders also demanded payment of salary and festival bonus
to journalists before the holy Eid-ul-Fitr.
They declared that journalist community will form a human-chain in front
of the JPC at 11am tomorrow to press home their demands.
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