Daily Banglar Bani
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)Hafiz Hafizur Rahman and Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
Founded1969
LanguageBengali

Daily Banglar Bani was a Bangladeshi national newspaper published in Bengali language.[1][2][3] Banglar Bani had a secular ideology and was pro Bangladesh Awami League.[4] It has closed down.[5]

History

The Daily Banglar Bani started publication in 1969 by Hafiz Hafizur Rahman and Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani as a weekly backed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[6][7] Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, a politician of Bangladesh Awami League and the nephew of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[8] Journalist Anwarul Islam Bobby supported Mani in founding the newspaper.[9]

During the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 the Daily Banglar Bani was published from Kolkata.[10] During the war, the office of newspaper in Dhaka was damaged by Pakistan Army shells which targeted opposition newspapers The Daily Ittefaq, and The People.[11] After the Independence of Bangladesh, Banglar Bani started publication in Dhaka from 21 February 1972. The paper received the highest amount of government advertisement when the Bangladesh Awami League government was in power.[12]

Shahabuddin Chuppu, future president of Bangladesh, worked at the Daily Banglar Bani from 1980 to 1982.[13] Obaidul Quader is a former assistant editor of Banglar Bani.[14] Falguni Hamid previously worked as a reporter at Daily Banglar Bani.[15]

Sheikh Moni was a rival of Tajuddin Ahmed and would write editorials against him in the paper in 1974.[16] The newspaper was banned in February 1987 by the government of General Hussain Mohammad Ershad for accusing the government of supplying weapons to militias.[17][18] In the 1990s, Islamic fundamentalist called for the newspaper to be closed.[19]

According to a 2009 extortion case by businessman Azam J Chowdhury against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, five million BDT of a 29.9 million BDT bribe was deposited in an account of Banglar Bani.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Developed countries must be blamed for degrading our environment". The Daily Star. 15 January 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Only they dare!". The Daily Star. 14 January 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Poet Shamsul Islam passes away". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ↑ IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1987. p. 1260.
  5. ↑ "'Expatriate Diplomacy' and 'Mercenary Columnists'". The Daily Star. 2022-09-17. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  6. ↑ Harun, Shamsul Huda (1986). Bangladesh Voting Behaviour: A Psephological Study, 1973. Dhaka University. p. 138.
  7. ↑ Hasina, Sheikh (2020-10-11). "A Tale of Newspaper Reading". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  8. ↑ Zaker, Aly. "We owe it all to Bangabandhu". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Anwarul Islam's death anniversary". The Daily Star. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  10. ↑ "Newspapers in the Time of War". The Daily Star. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "March 26, 1971: Bangabandhu declares independence". The Daily Star. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  12. ↑ Ullāha, Māhaphuja (2002). Press Under Mujib Regime. Kakali Prokashani. pp. 91–92. ISBN 9789844372894.
  13. ↑ Alamgir, Mohiuddin; Hasan, Rashidul (2023-02-13). "Shahabuddin next president". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  14. ↑ Report, Star Online (2016-10-23). "Obaidul Quader: At a glance". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  15. ↑ Kamol, Ershad. "An evening with M Hamid and Falguni Hamid". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  16. ↑ "A state in ferment, a newsman in reflection, a principle under assault. . ". The Daily Star. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  17. ↑ Jones, Derek (2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 9781136798634. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  18. ↑ "We wish to inform you". The Daily Star. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  19. ↑ Baehr, P. Peter R.; Hey, Hilde; Smith, Jacqueline (1995). Human Rights in Developing Countries: Yearbook 1995. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 104. ISBN 9041101276.
  20. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2007-12-27). "Court hears Hasina charges more Dec 31". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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