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Editors' Council
Editors' Council () is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Mahfuz Anam of '' The Daily Star'' and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of '' Bonik Barta'' are the president and general secretary of the council. History Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were AMM Bahauddin ('' Daily Inqilab''), Alamgir Mohiuddin (''Daily Naya Diganta''), Anwar Hossain Manju ('' The Daily Ittefaq''), A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain ('' The Financial Express''), Imdadul Haq Milon ('' Kaler Kantho''), Khondoker Muniruzzaman (''The Sangbad''), Mahbubul Alam ('' The Independent''), Mostafa Kamal Majumder ('' The New Nation''), MA Malek (''The Azadi''), Mozammel Haque (Korotoa), Matiur Rahman ('' Prothom Alo''), Naem Nizam ('' Bangladesh Pratidin''), Shyamal Dutta (''Bhorer Kagoj''), and Taslim Uddin Chowdhury ('' Dainik Purbokone''). Golam Sarwar ('' Samakal'') was elected the first president, Mahfu ...
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Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ...
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The New Nation (Bangladesh)
''New Nation'' was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. Launched in 1996, the newspaper was Britain's Number 1-selling black newspaper. The paper was published every Monday. ''New Nation'' was initially launched in November 1996, by Elkin Pianim and his wife Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. They later sold the title to Ethnic Media Group, a leading publisher of weekly newspapers, magazines, websites and digital newspapers for Britain's African, Caribbean, Black British and Asian communities, until the company went into administration in 2009. It pioneered the development of Black and Asian digital newspapers, reaching a global audience. It published its final online issue on 17 February 2016. The newspaper's first two editions were priced at twenty-five pence, after which the price was raised to fifty-five pence. It featured a mix of news, sport, social and political issues. It also had a recruitment and pe ...
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Saifuzzaman Shikhor
Shifuzzaman "Md." Shikhor (born 1 October 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician who in the former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Magura-1 constituency. He is connected to the politics of Bangladesh Awami League. His father was Mohammad Asaduzzaman, an MP of Magura-2 constituency and his sister Kamrul Laila Jolly was an MP of Jatiyo Sangsad. Early life Shifuzzaman Shikhor was born in Magura District, Bangladesh on 1 October 1971, . His father, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, served in the National Parliament as the representative for Magura-2 constituency. His mother Manowara Zaman was a homemaker. Shifuzzaman Shikhor is the third child out of five brothers and two sisters. He is in politics from his school days. After enrolling in college, he was nominated as sports secretary to the student parliament election of Magura. He was pursuing Honors and Masters in the Department of History at University of Rajshahi . He served as the Sher-e-Bangla Hall organizing secretary of the Banglades ...
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Manab Zamin
''The Daily Manab Zamin'' ( bn, মানবজমিন "People's Land") is a major daily tabloid newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the first and largest circulated Bengali tabloid daily in the world, with 19,000,000 monthly pageviews on its online edition. 1.6 million visitors from 189 countries from all over the planet visit the web site every month, making it one of the most visited Bengali-language online publications worldwide. It is ranked within the World Top 500 newspaper web sites of the world, and is in the top 1% of all sites globally. The newspaper is also the only Bangladeshi publication to boast credentials and affiliations with FIFA, UEFA, and the English Premier League. It has also partnered with Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. in publicity for Hollywood productions, including ''Batman Begins'', ''Superman Returns'' and '' Casino Royale''. The ''Daily Manab Zamin'' is also the only Bangladeshi newspaper to host a dedicat ...
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Matiur Rahman Chowdhury
Matiur Rahman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi journalist, editor and talk-show host. He is the editor-in-chief of the ''Manab Zamin'', a Bengali language tabloid newspaper. Chowdhury also reports for ''Voice of America'' (Bangla) as a correspondent. He has hosted a late night chat-show, Ajker Sangbadpatra, on Channel i, a privately owned broadcast channel, since 2005. He also hosted another political chat-show, called ''Frontline'', on Banglavision, before it was suspended citing "technical problems". However, several journalists including Chowdhury claimed that authorities were behind the closure. Chowdhury serves as treasurer of the Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) and a member of Editors' Council, an organisation of newspaper editors in the country. In addition, Chowdhury is a member of the governing body of Association for Social Advancement, a micro-credit financing organisation. He was an editor for the now-defunct ''Bangla Bazar Patrika'', a broadsheet newspa ...
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Samakal
''Samakal'' ( bn, সমকাল ''samakal'', "current time, contemporary") is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ''Samakal'' started publishing on 31 May 2005. As of 2007, the circulation of ''Samakal'' is around 200,000.Samakal
দৈনিক সমকাল
; is the founder editor of Samakal. From 1 December 2021 Muzzammil Husain is serving as the acting editor.


Regular columnists

Noted columnists are regularly writing for this newspaper. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury contributes here every week in `Kaler Ayna (The Mirror of the Time)'. Hasan Azizul Huq, the famous story writer of the subcontinent, is another columni ...
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Golam Sarwar
Golam Sarwar (1 April 1943 – 13 August 2018) was a Bangladeshi journalist and writer. He served as the founding editor of ''Samakal'' and ''Jugantor''. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014. Early life and education Sarwar obtained his bachelor's and master's in Bengali Literature from the University of Dhaka. Career In his student life in 1962, Sarwar started his career as a university correspondent at ''The Azadi''. He also joined ''The Sangbad'' as a sub-editor. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, he served as the headmaster of Banaripara Union Institution. Later in 1972, he joined ''The Daily Ittefaq'' as a senior sub-editor and worked at the newspaper until 1999. In 1999, Sarwar became the editor of ''Jugantor'' and in 2005, he joined ''Samakal'' as the founding editor and served as the editor at the newspaper until his death. Sarwar had served as the chairman of the board of directors of Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) sin ...
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Dainik Purbokone
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Bhorer Kagoj
''Bhorer Kagoj'' ( bn, দৈনিক ভোরের কাগজ ''Bhorer Kagoj'' "Dawn's Paper") is a major Bengali-language daily newspaper, published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats. History ''Bhorer Kagoj'' began publications on 15 February 1992. Editors Naimul Islam Khan was the founding editor of the newspaper. Then Matiur Rahman took charge of the newspaper, followed by Benazir Ahmed, Abed Khan, and current editor Shyamal Dutta. See also * List of newspapers in Bangladesh This list of newspapers in Bangladesh is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Bangladesh. Newspapers published in Bangladesh are written in Bengali or English language versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in b ... References External links * Bengali-language newspapers published in Bangladesh Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh Publications established in 1992 Newspapers published in Dh ...
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Shyamal Dutta
Shyamal may refer to: People * Shyamal Bagchee(born 1945), Canadian poet, academic, and erotic photo artist * Shyamal Bashak (born 1967), Bangladeshi artist *Shyamal Bose (born 1963), Indian film director, actor and screenwriter *Shyamal Datta (born 1941), Indian police officer and politician * Shyamal Gangapadhyay (1933–2001), Bengali novelist and editor *Shyamal Mitra (1929–1987), Indian composer, singer and film producer *Shyamal Mondal, Indian politician *Shyamal Kumar Sen Shyamal Kumar Sen (born 25 November 1940) is an Indian jurist who served as a chief justice of the Allahabad High Court and also as a Governor of West Bengal. He was appointed governor in May 1999 following the resignation of A R Kidwai and s ... (born 1940), Indian politician * Shyamal Sinha (1930–1963), Indian cricketer and cricket coach {{disambiguation ...
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Bangladesh Pratidin
''Bangladesh Pratidin'', literally meaning Bangladesh Everyday, is a daily, Bengali-language independent newspaper in Bangladesh. It was founded on 15 March 2010. ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country out of 345 newspapers published from Dhaka and elsewhere, the information minister told parliament 10 March 2014. Its editor is Naem Nizam. Bangladesh Pratidin is a subsidiary of East-west media group which is owned by Bashundhara Group. On behalf of east west media group the publisher of the Newspaper is Moynal Hossain Chowdhury. The Bashundhara Group is diversifying its operations, beginning with real estate and moving on to the steel industry. One of their key businesses is paper-based manufacture. East-West Media Group Ltd, their new company, was founded in 2009. It presently owns four of Bangladesh's major media outlets. One of them is the Daily Bangladesh Pratidin. It is published in Dhaka's Bashundhara neighbourhood. According t ...
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Naem Nizam
Naem Nizam (born 5 November 1965) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, philanthropist and the editor of daily ''Bangladesh Pratidin'', the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the Vice President of Sheikh Russell KC, a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. He is the director of East West Media Group. He is the former CEO of News24 and Radio Capital. Career Reporter Nizam was a political reporter in the 80s. ATN bangla Nizam was one of the founding reporters of ATN Bangla news. Nizam later served as the chief news editor of ATN Bangla. He was the founding news reporter of ATN Bangla. Bangladesh Pratidin Nizam is a member of the Editors' Council a grouping of the newspaper editors of Bangladesh. In that capacity he along with other editors including that of ''Prothom Alo'' signed a statement demanding the release of Mahmudur Rahman, protesting the raid on newspaper ''Daily Inq ...
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