''Akhon Samoy'' ( bn, এখন সময়) is a
Bengali-language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of t ...
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published from New York, United States since 2000.
History
The newspaper was founded on 1 January 2000, commemorating the 3rd millennium. Initially it was a monthly newspaper and then it was published in weekly basis from November 2000.
Kazi Shamsul Hoque is the founding editor of the newspaper.
Speciality and awards
''Akhon Samoy'' worked for the expatriate Bangladeshi living in United States, especially, social issues,
immigration
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issues
and other community news are published objectively.
See also
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List of New York City newspapers and magazines
This is a list of New York City newspapers and magazines.
Largest newspapers by circulation
Total circulation, as of March, 2013:
# ''The Wall Street Journal'' (2,834,000 daily)
# ''The New York Times'' (571,500 daily; 1,087,500 Sunday)
# ''New ...
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List of newspapers in New York
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Daily newspapers
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2000 establishments in New York City
Newspapers established in 2000
Bengali-language newspapers
Non-English-language newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in New York City
Non-English-language newspapers published in New York (state)
Bangladeshi-American culture
Indian-American culture in New York City