SAARC Journalist Forum Secretary Gen Abdur Rahman honoured for his contributions
Staff Correspondent
A two-day International Mother Tongue Journalists Conference 2025 has been concluded with adoption of 7 points resolution recently.
The conference has organized by the Newa National Journalists' Association in collaboration with SAARC Journalist Forum and Federation of Nepal Indigenous Journalists (FONIJ).
Speaker Devraj Ghimire inaugurated the conference on June 13 and the conference was concluded by Madhyapur Thimi Municipality Mayor Surendra Shrestha on June 14.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Mayor Shrestha said that the conference played an important role in promoting the mother tongue.
In the closing ceremony chaired by Nripendra Lal Shrestha, President of SAARC Journalist Forum Raju Lama urged all stakeholders to take the resolution seriously to be implemented. He also called upon all governments of SAARC region to support to organise mother tongue journalist conference.
FONIJ President Lucky Chaudhary, Secretary General of SJF Md Abdur Rahman representing Bangladesh, President of SJF Bihar Chapter Shashi Bhushan Kumar from India, Conference Coordinator Sunil Maharjan, Secretary General of NFNJ K.K. Manandhar, expressed their views on the importance of the mother tongue and the inevitability of its protection.
On the first day of the conference, Md Abdur Rahman Secretary General, SAARC Journalist Forum was honoured for his contributions on mother tounge journalism by Chief Guest Speaker of Nepal Mr.Devraj Ghimire.
