The ''Daily Naya Diganta'' ( bn, দৈনিক নয়া দিগন্ত ''Doinik Noya Digonto'') is a

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daily newspaper published in

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since 2004.

History

It is part of Diganta Media Corporation which was owned by

Mir Quasem Ali Mir Quasem Ali (31 December 1952 – 3 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi businessman, philanthropist and politician. He was a former director of Islami Bank, and chairman of the Diganta Media Corporation, which owns Diganta TV. He founded the ...

, a Jammat-e-Islami Bangladesh politician. The television channel, Diganta TV, is a sister concern of the newspaper. The television was launched in August 2008. Alamgir Mohiuddin is the editor of Naya Diganta. Daily Naya Diganta reporter was cautioned for misrepresenting a statement of prosecution witness in the International Crimes Tribunal in January 2012. On 17 June 2012 the chairman of the holding company Mir Quasem Ali was arrested

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on charges of war crimes during

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. He was convicted and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal. Bangladesh Information Minister

Hasanul Haq Inu Hasanul Haq Inu (born 12 November 1946) is a Bangladeshi politician and the former Minister of Information of Bangladesh. He leads a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and was involved in a Marxist insurgency in the 1970s. Early life and ...

accused the newspaper of carrying out "propaganda" against the International Crimes Tribunal. A Dhaka high court indicated the editor of that paper for libel regarding the case of defaming

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and another case was filled for defaming

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

against Naya diganta editor. A faction of

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(DUJ) has expelled its units at Daily Sangram, Naya Diganta, Weekly Sonar Bangla and Diganta Television as those media houses are run by

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and

Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 15 February 1996. The organisation is generally under ...

. According to the DUJ press release on 29 November 2015; it had been included that the four media houses were being run by those accused of committing crimes against humanity and the DUJ thinks keeping them as its members is not only unethical, but also against the spirit of the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

Supplements

The daily has two popular weeklies named as ''Therapy'' and ''Abokash'' Fun Magazine ''Therapy'' Editor: Ahmed Shahabuddin. Social Magazine ''Abokash'' Editor: Maksuda Sultana. Lifestyle Magazine ''Satrong'' Editor: Sabira Sultana. Monthly Magazine ''Onno Ek Diganta'' Editor: Alfaz Anam

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History

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