Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) yesterday felicitated BFUJ president Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury on his becoming the editor of The Bangladesh. Observer. - reports BSS.

In a joint statement. BFUJ vice president Kartik Chatterjee and secretary general Abul Kalam Azad and DUJ acting president Suva Rahman and general secretary Azizul Islam Bhuiyan said that apart from his commendable role as a leader of the community. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury has made laudable contribution to the promotion of journalism.

His appointment as the editor of the country’s oldest and prestigious English daily would further help improve the quality of the newspaper as well as the newspaper industry as a whole.