Daily Banglar Bani

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 the Bengali language.[1][2][3] Banglar Bani had a secular ideology and was pro Bangladesh Awami League.[4] It has closed down.[5]

History

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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 daily publication in Dhaka from 21 February 1972. The pro-Mujib paper received more in payments for government advertising than any other paper when the 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 2007 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

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  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. 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. 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. ^ Ullah, Mahfuz (2002). Press Under Mujib Regime. Kakali Prokashani. pp. 89, 91. ISBN 984-437-289-5.
  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. ^ "Court hears Hasina charges more Dec 31". The Daily Star. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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