Dhaka Union of Journalists


Dhaka Union of Journalists is a professional trade union of journalists based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shaban Mahmud is the President of the Union and Sohel Haider Chowdhury is its general secretary. The union monitors freedom of speech and violence against journalists in Bangladesh.

History

The Dhaka Union of Journalists was founded in 1947. It had called for wages to be increased for journalists in ninth wage board. In 2017, the union protested against the section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.