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 versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in broadsheets; few daily tabloids exist. Daily newspapers in Bangladesh are published in the capital, Dhaka, as well as in major regional cities such as Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal. All daily newspapers are morning editions; there are no evening editions in Bangladesh. Some newspapers offer online versions.

Daily newspapers

Bengali-language newspapers

Newspaper name		Year founded	Owner/Publisher	Editor	Region	Circulation
English	Bengali
Alokito Bangladesh	আলোকিত বাংলাদেশ	2013	Alokito Media Ltd.	Kazi Rafiqul Alam	National
Gazipur Tribune	গাজীপুর ট্রিবিউন	2016	Cloud Tech Ltd.	Md Ahasanul Alam	National
Daily Sangbad Konika	দৈনিক সংবাদ কণিকা	1992	Daily Sangbad Konika	Md. Anisur Rahman	National
Amader Shomoy	দৈনিক আমাদের সময়	2003	New Vision Limited[1][2]	Abu Hasan Shahriar[2]	National	177,000[3]
Amar Desh	দৈনিক আমার দেশ	2004	Amar Desh Publications[4]	Mahmudur Rahman[4][5][6]	National	200,000[7]
Bangladesh Pratidin	বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন		East West Media Group[8]	Naem Nizam[6][8][9]	National	553,000[3]
Bhorer Kagoj	ভোরের কাগজ	1992		Shyamal Dutta[5][10]	National
Bonik Barta	বণিক বার্তা			Dewan Hanif Mahmud[11]	National
Dainik Azadi	দৈনিক আজাদী	1960	MA Malek	MA Malek[10][11]	Chittagong
Daily Bir Chattagram Mancha	দৈনিক বীর চট্টগ্রাম মঞ্চ	1997		Syed Omar Farooq[12]	Chittagong
Daily Destiny	দৈনিক ডেস্টিনি				National
Daily Dinkal[13]	দৈনিক দিনকাল			Rezwan Siddiqui[5]	National
The Daily Inqilab	দৈনিক ইনকিলাব			A.M.M. Bahauddin[5][6][10]	National	125,000[3]
The Daily Ittefaq	দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক	1953	Ittefaq Group of Publications Ltd.	Anwar Hossain Monju	National	194,000[3]
The Daily Janakantha	দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ	1993		Mohammad Atikullah Khan	National	164,000[3]
The Daily Jugantor[13]	দৈনিক যুগান্তর			Salma Islam[5][6]	National	221,000[3]
Daily Manab Zamin	দৈনিক মানবজমিন	1997		Matiur Rahman Chowdhury[5][6][10]	National
Daily Naya Diganta	দৈনিক নয়াদিগন্ত	2004		Alamgir Mahiuddin[5][6]	National
Daily Purbavash	দৈনিক পূর্বাভাস	1992		Mahmudur Rahman Khan	National
Daily Sangram	দৈনিক সংগ্রাম	before 1971[14]		Mohammad Abul Asad[5]	National
Jai Jai Din	যায় যায় দিন	1984[15]		Kazi Rukanuddin Ahmed	National
Kaler Kantho	কালের কন্ঠ	2010	East West Media Group[16]	Imdadul Haq Milon[6][9]	National	250,000[3]
Daily Karatoa	দৈনিক করতোয়া			Mozammel Haque[10]	National	33,190[3]
Prothom Alo	দৈনিক প্রথমআলো	1998[17]	Media Star Limited/Transcom Group	Matiur Rahman[5][6][10][17]	National	500,000[3][18]
Samakal	দৈনিক সমকাল	2005		Golam Sarwar[5][6][10]	National	164,000[3]
Shokaler Khobor	সকালের খবর			Rashid-un-Nabi[5]	National
Suprobhat Bangladesh	দৈনিক সুপ্রভাত বাংলাদেশ		Suprobhat Media Limited	Rousseau Mahmud	Chittagong

English-language newspapers

Newspaper name	Year founded	Owner/Publisher	Editor	Circulation
The Bangladesh Today[19]	2002	Md. Jobaer Alam	Iffat Hossain
Dhaka Courier[13]			Enayetullah Khan
Dhaka Tribune	2013[20]		Zafar Sobhan[20]
The Daily Star	1991		Mahfuz Anam[5][6][10]	41,150[3]
Daily Sun (Bangladesh)		East West Media Group	Amir Hossain
Financial Express (Bangladesh)[13]	1993[21]	International Publications Limited	Moazzem Hossain[5][6][10]
The Independent[13]		Independent Publications Limited	M. Shamsur Rahman[5][6][10]
e-News® I The NEWS Company...	2008	i-Bangla Limited.	Syed Refaquat Ibna RAJOWAN
New Age[13]			Nurul Kabir[5][6]
The New Nation			Mostafa Kamal Majumder[5][6]
News Today[13]		Newscorp Publications	Riazuddin Ahmed[5][6][10]

Online newspapers and portals

Newspaper Name		Founded Date	Owner/ Publisher	Editor	Circulation
English	Bengali
Risingbd.com	রাইজিংবিডি	2013	Skyroute Media Limited	Taposh Roy	115,367 (November 2015)[22]
bdnews24.com	বিডি নিউজ ২৪	2005	Bangladesh News 24 Hours Ltd.	Toufique Imrose Khalidi[5]	6,250,000 (April 2015)[23]
Banglanews24.com	বাংলা নিউজ ২৪	2010	East West Media Group	Alamgir Hossain
BBC Bangla	বিবিসি বাংলা		বিবিসি
Bangla Tribune	বাংলা ট্রিবিউন			Kazi Anis Ahmed

Suspended publications

• Shersha Kagoj and Sheershanews.com, the government suspended the weekly and its online website in 2011 after releasing the editor Ekramul Haque after four months in prison^[5][24]

Defunct newspapers

• Ajker Kagoj (Bengali: দৈনিক আজকের কাগজ; "Today's Paper"), a Bengali-language newspaper published in the modern approach between 1991-2007
• The Azad (Bengali: দৈনিক আজাদ; "Daily Free"), a Bengali-language newspaper published between 1936-1992
• The Bangladesh Observer, an English-language daily published between 1949-2010 and last edited by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury^[5]
• Kishore Bangla, a Bengali juvenile weekly published between 1977-1983

News agencies

Before 1972, news agencies in Bangladesh were local branches of international agencies.

• Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the official government-owned news agency of Bangladesh, was created on 1 January 1972 from the Dhaka bureau of the state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) (no relation to Associated Press (AP)). It exchanges news with Press Trust of India (PTI) and other foreign agencies.^[13][25] Abul Kalam Azad, who was formerly Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press secretary, became its chief editor in 2014.^[26]
• United News of Bangladesh (UNB) is a private news agency in service since 1988. It partners with AP, United News of India (UNI), and other foreign agencies.^[13][27]
• BDNEWS was a private internet-based news agency launched in 2005. The following year it converted into an online newspaper and rebranded itself as bdnews24.com.^[28]

Regional news networks

• Asia News Network, a cooperative of primarily Asian newspapers that share news items with members

Monthly/weekly newspapers and magazines

Monthly Bandhan-construction, Real estate, Interior & Architecture related Popular Monthly Magazine

• Forum, a human rights oriented magazine published between 1969-1971, re-established in 2006
• Weekly SheershaSamachar Bengali weekly Magazine Published & Edited by Mir Billal Acting Editor is Mohammad Shahidul Islam Mollah
• Holiday, an English-language weekly newspaper^[13]
• ICE Today, an English-language fashion and lifestyle magazine
• Likhoni, a Bengali current affairs magazine published since 2013
• Monthly Bahgalir Ekushea, a Bengali current affairs magazine published from Brahman Baria since 2016
• Perspective
• ShikkhaBichitra, a national weekly newspaper on education, human resource and socio-economic development; published since 1993
• Weekly Alokito Chattagram, a Bengali current affairs magazine published from Chittagong since 2004
• Weekly Blitz, an English-language tabloid weekly founded in 2003 and edited by Salah Choudhury^[13][29]
• Weekly Nayapodokkhep, a Bengali weekly
• Weekly Renaissancea National Bengali weekly Magazine Published & Edited by H.N.M Shafiqur Rahman. Acting Editor is Abul Hossain Mahmud.
• Weekly Shaptahik, a Bengali weekly magazine published from Bangladesh since 2007^[30][31]
• Weekly Shomoyer Shathe
• The Weekly View, a bilingual newspaper published in Bangla and English from Brahmanbaria since 2005; publisher and editor is Sheikh Md. Shahidul Islam

See also

• Media of Bangladesh
• Communications in Bangladesh

References

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19. "About Us". The Bangladesh Today. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
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21. Khan, Maswood Alam (2012-04-18). "Time to look back and ahead as FE comes of age". Financial Express.
22. "Alexa.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
23. "Facebook recognises Bangladesh's first internet newspaper". bdnews24.com. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
24. "Newspaper editor freed after three months, immediately re-arrested". Reporters without Borders. 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
25. "BSS Profile". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
26. "Managing Director and Chief Editor's Profile". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
27. "About-UNB". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
28. "Hasina, Khaleda greet bdnews24.com". bdnews24.com. 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
29. Choudhury, Sohail (2013-03-15). "Not Only God, Fear us Too!". Sun of India. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
30. "Shaptahik". Media Directory BD.
31. "Weekly Shaptahik". Weekly Shaptahik.

External links

• Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha website
• United News of Bangladesh website
• All Newspaper list of Bangladesh