Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of the Bonik Barta, have been elected president and general secretary of the executive committee of Sampadak Parishad (Editors Council) respectively.

Nurul Kabir, editor of the New Age, and Shyamal Dutta, editor of the Bhorer Kagaj have been elected vice-president while Zafar Sobhan, editor of the Dhaka Tribune, has been elected as assistant general secretary and Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, the editor of Manabzamin, as treasurer. 

At the meeting, Editors’ Council paid homage to veteran journalist Riaz Uddin Ahmed, a founding member of organisation. Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, Samakal Acting Editor Mozammel Hossain and Inqilab Editor AMM Bahauddin were present, among others, at the meeting.