Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 4 Num 270 Mon. March 01, 2004  
   
Metropolitan


'Keepnewspaper offices closed on holidays'


Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), in a statement yesterday, called upon the newspaper owners not to keep offices open on government holidays.

The statement was issued after a meeting where the journalists and press workers decided that they would enjoy all government holidays and hawkers would not distribute any newspapers on the following day.

The meeting was held at the National Press Club with President of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist (BFUJ) Gias Kamal Chowdhury in the chair.

According to the decision of SSKOP, the newspaper offices would remain close on March 2 on the occasion of holy Ashura and the hawkers would not distribute newspapers on the following day.

SSKOP leaders signed a joint statement after the meeting.