Dhaka, March 26 -- The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), Economic Reporters Forum (ERF), and Dhaka Sub Editors Council (DSEC) have strongly protested the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh's (NOAB) decision to close newspapers for just three days on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, BFUJ Acting President Obaidur Rahman Shahin, Secretary General Quader Gani Chowdhury, DUJ President Md. Shahidul Islam, General Secretary Khurshid Alam, DRU President Abu Saleh Akon, General Secretary Mainul Ahsan Sohel, ERF President Doulot Akter Mala, General Secretary Abul Kashem, and DSEC President Muktadir Anik and General Secretary J...