Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | East West Media Group Ltd. |
Publisher | Moynal Hossain Chowdhury |
Editor | Naem Nizam |
Founded | 2010 |
Language | Bengali |
Headquarters | Plot -371 / A, Block-D, Bashundhara Residential Area, Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Website | bd-pratidin.com |
Bangladesh Pratidin is the daily Bengali-language newspaper in Bangladesh. It was founded in 2010 . Bangladesh Pratidin tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country out of 345 newspapers published from Dhaka and elsewhere, the information minister told parliament March 10, 2014. Its editor is Naem Nizam. He is a well known veteran journalist in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Pratidin is a subsidiary of East-west media group which is owned by Bashundhara Group. The founder editor of this newspaper is Shajahan Sardar. The publisher of the Newspaper is Moynal Hossain Chowdhury.
On February 2017 the Savar based correspondent of the paper was arrested by Bangladesh Police for fermenting labor unrest, attacking factories, and stealing garments. His lawyer accused the police of torturing him in custody. His family and lawyer claimed he was arrested for his reports on Police extortion of garment factory owners.