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''The Daily Sylheter Dak'' ( bn, সিলেটের ডাক) popularly known as the ''Sylheter Dak'', is a local 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 ...
, published from
Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
in the
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 ...
. The ''Sylheter Dak'' was founded on 18 July 1984. The newspaper, more than 30 years old, is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Sylhet.


Publication

The head office of the ''Sylheter Dak'' is located in Modhubon Supermarket, Bandar, Sylhet. Despite being the most widely circulated and popular among the local daily newspapers of Sylhet, the ''Sylheter Dak'', published from
Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
, was ordered to stop its publication in 2017, following the High Court's rule, when the owner was convicted. This order took place against the newspaper in accordance with the section 20 of the ''Printing, Press and Publication Act 1973''. That order was postponed later. The ''Weekly Sylheter Dak'', a
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
-based weekly, was first published on 29 September 1996 by Bangladesh Media (UK) Ltd.


See also

*
List of newspapers in Bangladesh This list of newspapers in Bangladesh is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Bangladesh. Newspapers published in Bangladesh are written in Bengali or English language versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in b ...
* '' Sylhet Protidin''


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* {{Newspapers of Bangladesh Bengali-language newspapers published in Bangladesh Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh Publications established in 1984 1984 establishments in Bangladesh Newspapers published in Sylhet