The New Nation - Internet Edition

A meeting of the ditors of the leading national daily newspapers was held at the National Press Club on Wednesday, January 2.

Presided over by Mahbubul Alam, Editor of the Independent, it was attended by Matiur Rahman, Editor of Prothom Alo. Shafiq Rehman, Editor of JaiJaiDin, Rezauddin Ahmed, Editor of News Today. Golam Sarwar, Editor of Jugantor. Amanullah Kabir, Editor of Amar Desh, AMM Bahauddin, Editor of Inqilab. Alamgir Mohiuddin, Editor of Naya Diganta, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Editor of Bangladesh Observer, Abul Asad, Editor of Sangram, Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, Editor of Manabjamin,

Nayeemul Islam Khan, Editor of Amader Somoy, Nurul Kabir, Editor of New Age, Mostafa Kamal Majumdar, Editor of The New Nation. M Shyamal Dutta, Editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Abdul Baten, Editor of Dinkal and Mr. Shawkat Mahmud, Editor of Weekly Economic Times.

The editors discussed the situation prevailing in the print and electronic media, particularly those related to flow and rate of advertisements, irregular payment of advertisment bills by the advertisers and advertising agencies problems in collecting bills of Government advertisements and overall freedom of the press.

The meeting formed a steering committee with Mahbubul Alam as its convener and Mr. Amanullah Kabir and Motiur Rahman Chowdhury as joint convenors. The members of the committee are Messrs Matiur Rahman, Reazuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Golam Sarwar, Nayeemul Islam Khan, Abul Asad and Faridur Reza Sagor, Chairman and MD of Channel I.

The steering committee will discuss the issues affecting the print and electonic media with the authorities concerned in both the government and private sector.