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KHULNA, Feb 10, 2026 (BSS) - Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia
Golam Parwar today said journalist Sheikh Belal Uddin did not consider
journalism merely as a profession, rather he embraced it as a mission.
He made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a memorial meeting
organized by Metropolitan Journalists Union (MUJ), Khulna, marking the 21st
death anniversary of former MUJ Khulna president and former Khulna bureau
chief of Daily Sangram, Shaheed journalist Sheikh Belal Uddin.
Belal Uddin was critically injured in a bomb attack at the Khulna Press Club
on February 5, 2005, and later died at Dhaka's Combined Military Hospital on
February 11.
The meeting was held this afternoon at the Humayun Kabir Balu Auditorium of
Khulna Press Club as part of a two-day programme announced by MUJ Khulna.
MUJ Khulna President Md Rashidul Islam presided over the programme, while
General Secretary Abdur Razzak Rana conducted the event. Bangladesh Federal
Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Assistant Secretary General Ehteshamul Haque
Shawon attended as the keynote speaker.
Khulna City BNP President Advocate SM Shafiqul Alam Mona, Khulna Metropolitan
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Professor Mahfuzur Rahman, Metropolitan Jamaat
Secretary Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Hossain Helal and Khulna Press Club Member
Secretary Rafiul Islam Tutul, also addressed, among others.
Speakers at the memorial meeting said Sheikh Belal Uddin's contributions to
journalism and to the welfare of the people of the region are still
remembered with deep respect.
They called for naming the road from Baikali to Rayer Mahal as "Shaheed
Journalist Sheikh Belal Uddin Road" and demanded the revival of the murder
case, proper trial and exemplary punishment of the killers, alleging that the
accused have not yet been punished.
A special doa and munajat was held after the discussion.
