KHULNA, Nov 02, 2024(BSS) – The biannual election of Metropolitan Journalists Union (MUJ) will be held on December 22 and the bi-annual general meeting will be held on December 21.

The decision was taken at a general meeting of MUJ at the journalist Humayun Kabir Balu auditorium at Khulna Press Club today.

A three-member election commission was formed with MUJ senior member G M Rafiqul Islam as chairman. The other two members of the commission are H M Alauddin and Mizanur Rahman Milton.

MUJ president Md Anisujjaman chaired the meeting while acting general secretary Abul Hasan Himaloy conducted it.

Among others, ex-vice president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Md Rashedul Islam, ex-member of BFUJ HM Alauddin, member secretary of Khulna Press Club and MUJ senior member Rafiul Islam Tutul and treasurer of MUJ Abdur Razzak Rana, also spoke.

Later, a doa mahfil was held in memory of all late journalists of Bangladesh Federal Journalists Union (BFUJ) and MUJ including immediate past president of BFUJ Ruhul Amin Gazi and MUJ past president Sheikh Belal Uddin and martyr students who was killed during anti-discrimination students movement.

During the doa mahfil, early recovery of all ailing BFUJ and MUJ members, including senior MUJ members Monir Uddin Ahmed and Sheikh Didarul Alam was sought.