Editors' Council () is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
Mahfuz Anam of ''
The Daily Star'' and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of ''
Bonik Barta'' are the president and general secretary of the council.
History
Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were
AMM Bahauddin (''
Daily Inqilab''),
Alamgir Mohiuddin (''
Daily Naya Diganta
The ''Daily Naya Diganta'' ( bn, দৈনিক নয়া দিগন্ত ''Doinik Noya Digonto'') is a Bengali daily newspaper published in Bangladesh since 2004.
History
It is part of Diganta Media Corporation which was owned by Mir Qu ...
''),
Anwar Hossain Manju (''
The Daily Ittefaq''),
A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain (''
The Financial Express''),
Imdadul Haq Milon
Imdadul Haq Milan (born 8 September 1955) is a Bangladeshi novelist and Journalist. He was editor of the daily newspaper ''Kaler Kantho''. He is the recipient of Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1992 and Ekushey Padak in 2019.
Early life and edu ...
(''
Kaler Kantho''), Khondoker Muniruzzaman (''
The Sangbad
''The Sangbad'' ( bn, সংবাদ) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper, founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest newspaper in Bangladesh.
History
The Sangbad was founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, B ...
''),
Mahbubul Alam (''
The Independent''), Mostafa Kamal Majumder (''
The New Nation''), MA Malek (''
The Azadi
''Daily Azadi'' ( bn, ডেইলি আজাদী) is a Bangladeshi newspaper published in Bangladesh.
History
''The Azadi'' was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in East ...
''), Mozammel Haque (Korotoa),
Matiur Rahman (''
Prothom Alo''),
Naem Nizam
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(''
Bangladesh Pratidin''),
Shyamal Dutta (''
Bhorer Kagoj
''Bhorer Kagoj'' ( bn, দৈনিক ভোরের কাগজ ''Bhorer Kagoj'' "Dawn's Paper") is a major Bengali-language daily newspaper, published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats.
Hi ...
''), and Taslim Uddin Chowdhury (''
Dainik Purbokone'').
Golam Sarwar
Golam Sarwar (1 April 1943 – 13 August 2018) was a Bangladeshi journalist and writer. He served as the founding editor of ''Samakal'' and ''Jugantor''. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014.
Early life and educa ...
(''
Samakal'') was elected the first president,
Mahfuz Anam (''
The Daily Star'') was elected general secretary, and
Matiur Rahman Chowdhury
Matiur Rahman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi journalist, editor and talk-show host. He is the editor-in-chief of the ''Manab Zamin'', a Bengali language tabloid newspaper. Chowdhury also reports for ''Voice of America'' (Bangla) as a correspondent. H ...
(''
Manab Zamin'') the treasurer.
The council has campaigned against the section 32 of the Digital Security Act, which they described as an attack on freedom of speech. The council also protested the filling of case under the Digital Security Act against Manabzamin and its Editor-in-Chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury by
Saifuzzaman Shikhor
Shifuzzaman "Md." Shikhor (born 1 October 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician who in the former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Magura-1 constituency. He is connected to the politics of Bangladesh Awami League. His father was Mohammad Asad ...
, Member of Parliament from
Magura-1
Magura-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Saifuzzaman Shikhor of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila, Magura Municipality, and nine unio ...
.
Mahfuz Anam of ''The Daily Star'' and Naem Nizam of ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' were elected the president and general secretary of the council in September 2019.
But Naem Nizam had resigned from his post in protest against what he termed the council chief Mahfuz Anam's "unethical" activities. Then Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of ''
Bonik Barta'' and deputy general secretary of the organisation, becomes acting general secretary of the council.
In March 2022, Anam and Mahmud was again appointed as the president and the general secretary of Editors' Council.
References
2013 establishments in Bangladesh
Organisations based in Dhaka
Trade associations based in Bangladesh
Labour relations in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi journalism organisations
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