Dhaka, March 21 -- The Bangladesh Sangbadpathro Karmachari Federation (BSKF) and the Bangladesh Federal Union of Newspaper Press Workers (BFUNPW) have called on the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) to extend the Eid holidays for newspapers to five days in observance of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
This request was made during an emergency joint meeting held at the BSS employees' union office in Dhaka.
The NOAB had announced a three-day Eid holiday for the newspaper industry, which is shorter than the five-day government holiday.
The meeting was chaired by BFUNPW President Md Alamgir Hossain Khan, with BSKF President Matiur Rahman Talukder serving as the chief speaker. Other leaders from both federations also addressed the ...