Saleh Choudhury made CJA BD president

The Bangladesh chapter of Commonwealth Journalist Associations (CJA), at a recently held general meeting, elected veteran journalist Saleh Choudhury its new president. He has replaced former Associated Press (AP) Bangladesh Bureau Chief Farid Hossain who has already taken up his new diplomatic assignment as Minister (Press) at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.

Choudhury had performed as the vice president of the CJA Bangladesh chapter since its formation in 1997. A columnist and a freedom fighter, Choudhury, who was senior assistant editor of the now-defunct Dainik Bangla, attended the CJA's Hong Kong conference in 1997.Hassan Shahriar, a two-term CJA's central President, thanked all the CJA members in Bangladesh for electing a veteran journalist like Choudhury the president of the prestigious forum of journalists. 

Shahriar, currently a President Emeritus, wished Choudhury good luck in his new takeover. The participants and all the CJA members lauded the contribution of Farid Hossain to the organization. Hassan Shahriar, Shyamol Dutta, Bangladesh chapter's General Secretary and Vice President of CJA International Committee, Osman Gani Mansur, joint secretary of Bangladesh chapter and Executive Member of CJA International Committee, and members of the Bangladesh chapter Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan, Chapal Bashar, Perveen Ahmed, Subash Chandra Badal, Julhas Alam, Saiful Huda, Saiful Amin and Abdur Rahman Khan were, among others, present at the meeting.

-UNB, Dhaka