Samakal

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Samakal
Ha-Meem Group
PublisherAbul Kalam Azad
EditorAlamgir Hossain
Founded31 May 2005[citation needed]
LanguageBengali
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Websitesamakal.com

Samakal (

Ha-Meem Group. It began publication in 2005.[1] Golam Sarwar was the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018.[2] In 2020, Samakal had a circulation of 270,000, which made it the eighth most widely read newspaper in the country.[3]

Over the years, the paper's writers have included Ajoy Dasgupta,[4] Abed Khan,[5] Mizanur Rahman Khan,[6] and Khalil Rahman.[7] Gautam Das, the paper's Faridpur bureau chief, was murdered in November 2005 by junior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politicians after reporting on corruption in the party.[8]

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  2. ^ "Eminent journalist Golam Sarwar no more". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
  3. ^ "Number of dailies in Bangladesh now 1,277: Minister". UNB. 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Details of Ajoy Dasgupta". National Press Club.
  5. ^ "Abed Khan joins Sangbad Pratidin". jagonews24.com. 28 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Prothom Alo Jt Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan no more". The Daily Star. 12 January 2021.
  7. doi:10.1177/0306422015622936.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  8. ^ "Bangladeshi court jails 9 for journalist murder". The Straits Times. Agence France-Presse. 28 June 2013.

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