''Daily Azadi'' ( bn, ডেইলি আজাদী) is a Bangladeshi newspaper published in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
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History
''The Azadi'' was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in East Pakistan. It was blacklisted by the Pakistani Government for a year and banned from receiving government advertisement. It stopped publishing for three months during the
Bangladesh Liberation War
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Abdul Khaleq was the founding editor and publisher of Azadi. At first the price of the magazine was two annas (12 paise).
After Khaleq's death, his son-in-law Md. Mohammad Khaled took over as editor in 1962. MA Malek has been in charge of the newspaper since 2003 after his death.
See also
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List of newspapers in Bangladesh
References
Newspapers established in 1960
English-language newspapers published in Bangladesh
1960 establishments in East Pakistan
Newspapers published in Chittagong
Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh
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