Dainik Bangla
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Publisher | Chowdhury Nafeez Sharafat |
| Editor | Chowdhury Jafarullah Sharafat (Acting Editor) |
| Founded | 4 September 2022[1] |
| Language | Bengali |
| Website | Dainik Bangla |
The Dainik Bangla is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. 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.[2]
History[edit]
Dainik Pakistan was renamed Dainik Bangla after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.[3] After independence, the newspaper published reports on Bengali collaborators of the Pakistan Army and war crimes.[4] The reports were used as evidence in the Bangladesh war crimes tribunal.[5] In 1972, Hasan Hafizur Rahman was elected president of the editorial board of the Dainik Bangla.[6] Toab Khan, press secretary to President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, became editor of the newspaper in 1972.[7][8]
In 1975, the government of Bangladesh closed all newspapers except The Daily Ittefaq, The Bangladesh Times, The Bangladesh Observer and the Dainik Bangla, which were nationalised.[9] After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 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.[10] The newspaper was closed by the Bangladesh Awami League government in 1997 along with other state-owned media, The Bangladesh Times and Saptahik Bichitra.[11]
In 2022, Dainik Bangla was revived under Toab Khan, Chowdhury Jafarullah Sharafat, and financially backed by Chowdhury Nafiz Sarafat.[12]
Legacy[edit]
An important road junction in Dhaka, Dainik Bangla intersection, has been named after the newspaper.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Pratidin, Bangladesh (15 March 2022). "গণমানুষের পক্ষে অসাধারণ ভূমিকা রাখছে বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন : চসিক মেয়র". বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "নতুন রূপে আসছে দৈনিক বাংলা, সম্পাদক তোয়াব খান". Sarabangla. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Remembering Saleh Chowdhury: A journalist and freedom fighter". The Daily Star (Op-ed). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Profile of Kamaruzzaman". The Daily Star. 12 April 2015.
- ^ "War Crimes Tribunal lawyers collect records of 70s". The Daily Star. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Hasan Hafizur Rahman: For the love of language". The Daily Star. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Veteran journalist Toab Khan dies at 87". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Correspondent, Senior. "Renowned editor Toab Khan, once press secretary to Bangabandhu, dies aged 87". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Paxton, J. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1976-77. Springer. p. 221. ISBN 9780230271050.
- ^ "Bangabandhu: a forbidden name for 16yrs". The Daily Star. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 337. ISBN 9780810880245. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "নতুন রূপে আসছে দৈনিক বাংলা, সম্পাদক তোয়াব খান". Sarabangla | Breaking News | Sports | Entertainment. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Police detain BNP activists from protest march for Khaleda". bdnews24. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- "Hundreds of BNP men stage demo in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
