Reinstatement of BSS journos demanded
Bss, Dhaka
A meeting of BSS Unit of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) yesterday demanded immediate reinstatement with continuity of service of the journalists and employees of the national news agency sacked under 'political consideration' during the regime of the immediate past government.The meeting also demanded a judicial inquiry headed by a district judge into all irregularities, corruption and mismanagement in the state run organisation during the last five years and punishment of the persons responsible for those. Presided over by BSS-Unit Chief Ihsanul Karim Helal, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Swapan Kumar Saha, Amirul Momenin, Shamsul Alam Belal, Monoj Kanti Roy, Subash Chandra Badal, Ajit Kumar Sarkar, Afzal Hossain, Anup Kumar Khastagir and Inamul Haque Babul. The meeting decided to submit a memorandum to the chief adviser and adviser for information of the caretaker government. The meeting also took a number of decisions including formation of a human chain to press home its demand. The immediate past BNP-led government terminated 27 journalists and seven employees of the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) after forming government following the 2001 general election.
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