''Daily Sun'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
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, founded in 2010. It also operates an English news portal www.daily-sun.com and a Bangla news portal www.bangla.daily-sun.com apart from maintaining a website www.edailysun.com for the e-version of the published copies. The main paper has 24 pages including 4 pages on business and 2 pages on sports which is called "Winner". 'the daily sun' is owned by
East West Media Group
East West Media Group is a media conglomerate located in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group. Mostafa Kamal Mohiuddin is the chairman of the Media Group. Novelist and former editor of Kaler ...
, a concern of
Bashundhara Group
Bashundhara Group ( bn, বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West ...
.
Description
The ''Daily Sun'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
, Bangladesh. Also it publishes bangla-language daily news. It was founded in 2010. The main paper has 28 pages including 4 pages on business and 8 pages on sports which is called "Winner".
When the paper criticised the shipping minister's role in granting licences and violation of traffic rules by drivers, transport workers raided and looted delivery vehicles. A Daily Sun journalist based in New York, Santosh Mandal, died 2016 of a heart attack.
The ''Daily Sun'' is owned by
East West Media Group
East West Media Group is a media conglomerate located in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group. Mostafa Kamal Mohiuddin is the chairman of the Media Group. Novelist and former editor of Kaler ...
, a part of
Bashundhara group
Bashundhara Group ( bn, বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West ...
, along with ''
Bangladesh Pratidin
''Bangladesh Pratidin'', literally meaning Bangladesh Everyday, is a daily, Bengali-language independent newspaper in Bangladesh. It was founded on 15 March 2010. ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country ...
'', ''
Kaler Kantho'', and online news portal
Banglanews24.com
Banglanews24.com is an online news portal in Bangladesh. The website, along with the Daily Sun, Bangladesh Pratidin, and Kaler Kantho, are owned by East West Media Group, a concern of the Bashundhara Group. Alexa ranked the website 2620 worldwi ...
. Professor
Syed Anwar Hossain
Syed Anwar Husain ( bn, সৈয়দ আনোয়ার হোসেন; 5 November 1947) is a Bangladeshi academic and historian. He is a former Director General of Bangla Academy. He is the President of Bangladesh Itihas Samiti.
Early lif ...
was the founder Editor of this newspaper.
Weekly supplements
Its weekly supplements include:
* Groove
* The Hood
* Morning Tea
See also
*
List of newspapers in Bangladesh
References
External links
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Daily-sun Bangla Version(archived)
{{Newspapers of Bangladesh
English-language newspapers published in Bangladesh
Newspapers published in Dhaka
Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh