''Anandadhara'' is a fortnightly entertainment magazine in Bangladesh. The magazine is published by Mahfuz Anam, who is also the editor of '' The Daily Star''.

History

''Anandadhara'' was founded in May 1998 as a film industry magazine. Shahadat Chowdhury, editor of ''

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'', was the founding editor of Anandadhara. The magazine started the Lux Anandadhara Miss Bangladesh Photogenic which is the forerunner to the

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. In June 2011, the magazine editor

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was replaced by

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the editor of

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References

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