{"id":6632,"date":"2026-05-01T06:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:16:21","slug":"saarc-journalist-forum-to-host-dhaka-conference-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6632","title":{"rendered":"SAARC Journalist Forum to host Dhaka Conference this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Dhaka: The Bangladesh Chapter of SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF) has decided to organise the Dhaka Conference of the Forum later this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The decision was taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Chapter held in Dhaka on Thursday (April 30) at the National Press Club with its President Nasir Al Mamoon in the chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The proposed conference aims to bring together journalists and media professionals from across South Asia to deliberate on key issues &#8212; strengthening professional collaboration, revitalising the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and promoting people-to-people connectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Members of the Executive Committee expressed their commitment to making the Dhaka conference a significant platform for dialogue on media, democracy, and regional cooperation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The meeting also congratulated Khondoker Kaosar Hossain, a senior journalist and Executive Committee member of the Forum, on his recent appointment as Media Coordinator to the Hon\u2019ble Minister for Information. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The leaders of the Forum described his appointment as a recognition of his professional excellence and longstanding contribution to journalism, and wished him success in his new role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The meeting was attended by Central Secretary General Md Abdur Rahman, Bangladesh Chapter Vice President Asif Hasan Nabi &amp; Md Shariful Islam, General Secretary Shiabur Rahman, Joint General Secretary Shahed Motiur Rahman, Treasure Reza Mahmud, Executive\u00a0 Member Rafiqul Islam Azad &amp; Md Mostafa Khan, Ayon Ahmed, M M Gias Uddin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The meeting concluded with a renewed commitment to advancing the objectives of the SAARC Journalist Forum and strengthening cooperation among journalists in the region.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260430_201355_084.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka: The Bangladesh Chapter of SAARC Journalist Forum (SJF) has decided to organise the Dhaka Conference of the Forum later this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Chapter held in Dhaka on Thursday (April 30) at the National Press Club with its President Nasir Al Mamoon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0020.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6634,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6632\/revisions\/6634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}