DHAKA, July 31, 2024 (BSS) - Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) today urged the government to provide financial assistance to the families of journalists, who were killed during the recent mayhem carried out in a planned way by BNP-Jamaat under the shield of quota reform movement.

They also urged the government to take prompt measures to provide financial assistance to the journalists who were injured during the BNP-Jamaat sponsored violence. 

They demanded to make arrangements for the livelihood of victims' families.

The DUJ leaders made the call at a meeting of its executive committee held at its office at the Jatiya Press Club here. 

In the onset of the meeting, DUJ leaders observed one-minute silence in memory of people killed in the recent violence.

Apart from these, the meeting also decided to publish a list of deceased and injured journalists.

DUJ president Sohel Haider Chowdhury presided over the meeting also attended by DUJ general secretary Akhter Hossain, senior vice-president Nazrul Islam Mithu , Vice-president Ibrahim Khalil Khokon, joint secretary Md. Md Shahjahan Miah, treasurer Soheli Chowdhury, organizing secretary Golam Muztaba Dhrubo, and law affairs secretary Asadur Rahman.