''Puber Kalom'' ( bn, পুবের কলম) is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, 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 m ...

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published in Kolkata,

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. Its editor is Ahmed Hassan Imran who is a former member of

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from West Bengal.

History

''Kalom'' was launched as a monthly magazine in 1981. It became a weekly in 1983. The

Saradha Group The Saradha Group financial scandal was a major Confidence trick, financial scam and alleged political scandal caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of over 200 private companies that was believed to be run ...

bought it in 2011 and turned it into a daily newspaper with a circulation of up to 40,000. In 2013 after the Saradha Group financial scandal it was again bought by Kalom Welfare Association.

References

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