''Dainik Bangla'' is a Bengali-language daily newspaper 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 ...

. The newspaper was closed in 1997 and was later revived on 4 September 2022 by an editorial panel led by Nazrul Islam Mazumder and Chowdhury Nafeez Sharafat.

History

''Dainik Pakistan'' was renamed ''Dainik Bangla'' after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. After independence, the newspaper published reports on Bengali collaborators of the Pakistan Army and war crimes. The reports were used as evidence in the Bangladesh war crimes tribunal. In 1972,

Hasan Hafizur Rahman Hasan Hafizur Rahman (;1932–1983) became the editor of the ''Daily Bangla'' right after the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He also worked for the government as a high official and edited an account of the independence struggle called ''The Lib ...

was elected president of the editorial board of the ''Dainik Bangla''.

Toab Khan Toab Khan (24 April 1934 – 1 October 2022) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He served as the Advisory Editor of the Bengali daily ''Janakantha''. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Toab ...

, press secretary to President

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 ...

, became editor of the newspaper in 1972. In 1975, the government of Bangladesh closed all newspapers except ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''Dainik Bangla'', which were nationalised. After the

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in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état, the newspaper, then state-owned, stopped reporting about him and did not cover the anniversary of his death. The newspaper was closed by the

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government in 1997 along with other state-owned media, ''The Bangladesh Times'' and ''

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''. In 2022, Dainik Bangla was revived under Toab Khan,

Chowdhury Jafarullah Sharafat Chowdhury Jafarullah Sharafat (born 10 May) is a Bangladeshi sports commentator. Early life Sharafat was born on May 10. He has two brothers and three sisters. His father's name is Sharafat Hossain Chowdhury. Career Sharafat started his care ...

, and financially backed by Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat.

Legacy

An important road junction in Dhaka, Dainik Bangla intersection, has been named after the newspaper.
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References

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