Editors of a large number of national daily newspapers and some senior journalists at a meeting on Thursday expressed their concerns about the increasing interference of a security agency in discharging professional responsibilities of both print and electronic media.

The journalists also reached a consensus to work out a strategy to run the media organisations independent of such interferences both in and outside the capital city, sources attending the meeting said.

In this regard, they felt they needed to hold a meeting on a broader scale with the representatives of media organisations, journalists’ unions and various forums of reporters, sub-editors and others. The meeting will be held on Monday.

Mahbubul Alam of the Independent, Toab Khan of Janakantha, Ataus Samad of Amar Desh, Reaz Uddin Ahmed of the News Today, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury of The Bangladesh Observer, Matiur Rahman of Prothom Alo, Bahauddin Ahmed of Inquilab, Matiur Rahman Chowdhury of Manabjamin, Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, National Press Club president Shawkat Mahmud, Mahfuz Ullah, Nurul Kabir of New Age, Shaymal Dutta of Bhorer Kagoj, Tawfiq Imroze Khalidi of the Bdnews24.com, Abul Asad of Sangram and Mahmud ur Rahman Choudhury of the Bangladesh Today joined Thursday’s meeting at the National Press Club.