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KHULNA, Feb 11, 2025 (BSS) -The 20th death anniversary of journalist Sheikh
Belal Uddin, former vice president of Khulna Press Club and president of Khulna
Metropolitan Union of Journalists (MUJ) was observed through various
programmes today.
The leaders and members of the MUJ led by its president Md Anisuzzaman
arranged a doa mahfil, offered jiarat at his grave and met with the family members
of Belal. Among others, assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Federal Union
of Journalists (BFUJ) Ehtashamul Haque Shayon, former vice president Md
Rashidul Islam, executive member and former general secretary of MUJ H M
Alauddin, acting general secretary of MUJ Abul Hasan Himalay, former joint
secretary of Khulna Bar Association advocate Zakirul Islam and younger brothers
of Sheikh Belal-Sheikh Borhan Uddin, Sheikh Shamsuddin Doha and Sheikh
Kutub Uddin Rabbani, were present at the time.
Meanwhile, Khulna Press Club arranged a memorial meeting and doa mahfil on
the occasion of the death anniversary of its former vice president at Humayun
Kabir Balu auditorium. The memorial meeting was chaired by convenor of the
press club Enamul Haque, where the speakers highlighted the colorful life and
works of Belal.
The meeting was addressed, among others, by Deputy Principal Information
Officer, Khulna ASM Kabir, former president of Khulna Press Club Sheikh Abu
Hassan and club members Didarul Alam, M H Alauddin, Abul Hasan Himalay,
Rashidul Islam, M A Hasan and Ehtashamul.Haque Shayon.
Earlier, the club members placed wreath at the memorial of martyred journalists in
front of the press club as a mark of respect to Sheikh Belal. They also observed a
one minute silence in front of the monument in memory of Belal.
Sheikh Belal, former vice president of Khulna Press Club and bureau chief of
Dainik Sangram was injured critically in a bomb attack in front of Khulna Press
Club on January 5 in 2005. He later succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka
Combined Military Hospital on January 11.
