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

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Newspaper name		Year founded	Owner/Publisher	Editor	Region	Circulation
English	Bengali
Alokito Bangladesh	আলোকিত বাংলাদেশ	2013	Alokito Media Ltd.	Kazi Rafiqul 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
The Daily Azadi	দৈনিক আজাদী			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
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English-language newspapers

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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
HNKC News	2013		Sujoy Das
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]
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

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[22]			সাতক্ষীরা টুডে	2013	Md Abu Huraira	মোঃ আবু হুরাইরা	Bangladesh Local Newspaper[lower-alpha 1]
	English	Bengali
Share Barta 24	Latest Share News	শেয়ার বার্তা 24		2014	চৌধুরী মো: নুরুল আজম	মো: রাসেল	গিয়াস উদ্দিন মামুন		sharebazarnews	শেয়ারবাজার নিউজ ডট কম		2014	M.M. Sany Ahammad	Jolirabbani.com	জলি রাব্বানি ডট কম		২০১৬	শাহ গোলাম মারুফ	শাহ গোলাম মারুফ	Top BD Online Newspaper
	24 Live Newspaper	টুয়েন্টিফোর লাইভ নিউজপেপোর		2011	24 Live Newspaper	-	N/A
	PoliticsNews24.com	রাজনীতির সর্বশেষ, জানুক বাংলাদেশ		২০১৫	সালেহ মোহাম্মদ রশীদ অলক	সালেহ মোহাম্মদ রশীদ অলক	Top BD Politics News
	sarabangla.com	সারা বাংলা - সময়ের সাথে সত্যের খোঁজে		2014	Shakil Mahmud Chowdhury	Shakil Mahmud Chowdhury
	Sorboshes.com	সর্বশেষ		2013	Mrs. Arifa Rahman	Md. Saiful Alam
	71sangbad.com	৭১সংবাদ		2015	AH.M tarek	belayet hossain
	Risingbd.com	রাইজিংবিডি		2013	Skyroute Media Limited	Taposh Roy	115,367 (November 2015)[23]
	Chaakaa.com	চাকা ডটকম		2015	Sabrina Sobhan	Shah Muhammod Moshahid	115,367 (November 2015)[24]
	ebdnewspapers.com	ই-বিডিনিউজপেপারস		2016	Media Text Communications		115,367 (November 2015)[25]
	childrenvoice.com	চিলড্রেন ভয়েস		2008	Ariful Islam Arman
	ictworldnews24.com	আইসিটি ওয়ার্ল্ড নিউজ ২৪. কম		2011	Muhammad Mamunur Rashid	Muhammad Mamunur Rashid[5]	7,210,440 (August 2015)[26]
	asiannationalnews.com	এশিয়ান ন্যাশনাল নিউজ. কম		2015	Rashedul Islam Ibn Azher	Rashedul Islam Ibn Azher[5]	7,210,440 (August 2015)[27]
	somokal24.com	সমকাল২৪		2014	Azizul Bulu,Shahjahan,Rani	Bangla and English News 24 Hours Ltd.	Somokal IT Department
	bdnews24.com	বিডি নিউজ ২৪		2005	Bangladesh News 24 Hours Ltd.	Toufique Imrose Khalidi[5]	6,250,000 (April 2015)[28]
	Banglanews24.com	বাংলা নিউজ ২৪		2010	East West Media Group	Alamgir Hossain
	Bdview24	বিডিভিউ২৪		2013	BDVIEW24.COM LTD.	Muhammad Nabil
	Sheershanews	শীর্ষ নিউজ				Ekramul Haque
	Ctgtimes.com	সিটিজি টাইমস		2012	সিটিজি টাইমস (প্রাঃ) লিমিটেড	Mosrur Zunaid
	newsttcbd.com	নিউজ টি টি সি বি ডি		2015	The Time communication Ltd.	Al Mamun Otu
	bdmorning.com	বিডিমর্নিং.কম		2015	Ehsans Ltd	Sajib Sarkar
	The report24	দ্য রিপোর্ট				Touhidul Islam Mintu
	Banglamail 24	বাংলামেইল				Shahadat Ullah Khan
	BBC Bangla	বিবিসি বাংলা			বিবিসি
	Focus Bangla	ফোকাস বাংলা		2010
	sharebazarnews	শেয়ারবাজার নিউজ ডট কম		2014	M.M. Sany Ahammad
	Dhaka Times	ঢাকা টাইমস				Arifur Rahman
Regional News Agency	CtgTribune.com www.ctgtribune.com	সিটিজি ট্রিবিউন ডট কম	Contact: 01713787975	2014 Copyright "CtgTribune" 14163-copper	Address: 4/2, 1st floor, Dosh Building, New Market, Chittagong, Bangladesh,চট্টগ্রাম 4000	Chief Editor:Md. Sk. Razay Rabby	[e-mail]
	Natun Barta	নতুন বার্তা				Sardar Forid Ahmed
	Poriborton	পরিবর্তন
	jagonews24.com	জাগো নিউজ				Sujon Mahmud
	RTNN	আরটিএনএন				Elias Hossain
	NTV	এনটিভি
	Bangla Tribune	বাংলা ট্রিবিউন				Kazi Anis Ahmed
	Rajniti Protidin	রাজনীতি প্রতিদিন		2014	Book-maker Publication (Bangladesh) Ltd.	Iftekhar Amin	5,82,348 (August 2015)
	Rajpath24	রাজপথ২৪ ডটকম		2014		M M Rana
	Children Times 24	চিলড্রেন টাইমস টুয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম		2013	Bangladesh Children News Agency	Palash Das	Leading Children News Media
	BanglaNews24.today	বাংলানিউজ২৪.টুডে				Hr Ashraf

Local newspaper name		Year founded	Owner/publisher	Editor	Circulation[lower-alpha 2]
English	Bengali
Chandpur Times	চাঁদপুর টাইমস	2014	Kazi Mohammad Ibrahim Jewel	Kazi Mohammad Ibrahim Jewel
Munshiganj Times	মুন্সীগঞ্জ টাইমস	2013	Mrs. Arifa Rahman	Mrs. Arifa Rahman
Bhorer Barta	ভোরের বারতা	2014	Md. Al-Amin Khan
1 News BD	ওয়ান নিউজ বিডি	2012	Al Mamun Shaon	M. Zaman Kaka
Akash24	আকাশ ২৪	2014
Barisal News	বরিশাল নিউজ	2014	Barisal News Media Group	Hassan Saheena Azmeen
Business 24 BD	বিজনেস ২৪ বিডি	2014		Jibon Islam
Islamic News 24	ইসলামিক নিউজ ২৪	2011		S.M. Sakhawat Hossain
Chandpur Diganta	দৈনিক চাঁদপুর দিগন্ত	2014	The Daily Chandpur Diganta	Ad. Mohammad Shajan Mia
Lakshmipur 24	লক্ষ্মীপুর ২৪	2012	Media-Lakshmipur Ltd	Sana Ullah Sanu
Lekhapora 24	লেখাপড়া ২৪	2014		Mohammad Imtiaz
News Media BD 24	নিউজ মিডিয়া বিডি ২৪	2013	Newsmediabd24.com Group Ltd.	Kamrul Hassan Rony
Satkahan	সাতকাহন	2008	Satkahan Media	Abu Zafar
Shironaam	শিরোনাম ডট কম	2012	Tahsin Ahmed	Shironaam Media
Tangail Darpan	টাঙ্গাইল দর্পণ	2015	Abu Taher	Abu Taher
TechandTeen.com	টেক অ্যান্ড টিন	2014
Yes News 24	ইয়েস নিউজ ২৪	2013	Yes News Media Ltd.	M.A.J Kajol
Islamic News 24	ইসলামিক নিউজ ২৪	2011		S.M. Sakhawat Hossain
Bartaprobah Dot Net	বার্তা প্রবাহ ডট নেট	2012	I Next Limited	Mohammad Manir Hosen Kazi

1. Circulation is defined as the number of unique visitors in a single month.
2. Circulation is defined as the number of unique visitors in a single month.

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][29]

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][30] Abul Kalam Azad, who was formerly Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press secretary, became its chief editor in 2014.^[31]
• 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][32]
• 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.^[33]

Regional news networks

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

Monthly/weekly newspapers and magazines

• Forum, a human rights oriented magazine published between 1969-1971, re-established in 2006
• 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][34]
• 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^[35][36]
• 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

External links

• List of All Bangladeshi Bangla Newspaper
• Bangla Newspaper | All Bangladeshi Newspapers - All bangla newspaper in a single page.
• Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha website
• United News of Bangladesh website
• Mediadirectorybd.com, a directory of newspapers and other media.
• Bangla News, a new generation News Site in Bangladesh.

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