Special Correspondent: The leaders of the new committee of the Dhaka Reporters `Unity (DRU), the professional journalists` organization, have taken over. The newly elected officials of 2020 took over from the departing committee at DRU Sagar-Runi Auditorium on Thursday morning at 11am. The departing committee was chaired by Elias Hossain and General Secretary Kabir Ahmed Khan directed the program. Newly elected President Rafiqul Islam Azad and General Secretary Riaz Chowdhury speaking on the occasion. On the same occasion, the President and General Secretary of the departing committee greeted the newly elected committee with flowers.
In addition, the newly elected President and the General Secretary, bid farewell to the past committee with crest. It is important to note that the election of the Executive Committee of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) -2020 was held on Saturday, November 30. Rafiqul Islam Azad of the Independent was elected president and Riaz Chowdhury of AsianMail24.com has been elected General Secretary. Moreover, Nazrul Kabir as Vice President, Helimul Alam Biplob as joint secretary, finance secretary Ziaul Haque Sabuj, organizing secretary Habibur Rahman, office secretary Md. Zafar Iqbal, women affairs secretary Rita Nahar, publicity and publishing secretary Midur Rahman Rubel, vice-president. Sakhawat Hossain Sumon, Sports Secretary Md. Mojibur Rahman, Cultural Secretary Mizan Chowdhury, Appointment Secretary HM Aktar, Welfare Secretary Khalid Saifullah has been elected. Moinul Ahsan, SM Mizan, Ahmed Mushfiqa Nazin, Kamruzzaman Bablu, Md Imran Hassan Majumder, M Murad Hossain and Saeed Abdul Malik have been elected as Executive members respectively.