Daily Banglar Bani Explained

Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:1969
Founder:Hafiz Hafizur Rahman and Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani
Language:Bengali

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 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 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Developed countries must be blamed for degrading our environment. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 15 January 2000. en.
  2. News: Only they dare!. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 14 January 1999. en.
  3. News: Poet Shamsul Islam passes away. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 17 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191117022933/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/28/d70628064096.htm. dead.
  4. Book: IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean. 1987. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1260. en.
  5. News: 2022-09-17 . 'Expatriate Diplomacy' and 'Mercenary Columnists' . en . The Daily Star . 2022-10-24.
  6. Book: Harun. Shamsul Huda. Bangladesh Voting Behaviour: A Psephological Study, 1973. 1986. Dhaka University. 138. en.
  7. Web site: Hasina . Sheikh . 2020-10-11 . A Tale of Newspaper Reading . 2023-04-23 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. Zaker. Aly. We owe it all to Bangabandhu. 18 December 2017. Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. 15 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215224314/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/11/04/one_off.htm. dead.
  9. Web site: 2022-02-15 . Anwarul Islam's death anniversary . 2023-04-22 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. News: Newspapers in the Time of War. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 13 December 2013. en.
  11. Web site: 2018-03-26 . March 26, 1971: Bangabandhu declares independence . 2023-04-22 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. Book: Ullah . Mahfuz . Mahfuz Ullah . Press Under Mujib Regime . 2002 . Kakali Prokashani . 984-437-289-5 . 89, 91 . en.
  13. Web site: Alamgir . Mohiuddin . Hasan . Rashidul . 2023-02-13 . Shahabuddin next president . 2023-04-22 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. Web site: Report . Star Online . 2016-10-23 . Obaidul Quader: At a glance . 2023-04-22 . The Daily Star . en.
  15. Web site: Kamol . Ershad . An evening with M Hamid and Falguni Hamid . 2023-04-23 . The Daily Star.
  16. News: A state in ferment, a newsman in reflection, a principle under assault. . .. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 31 January 2009. en.
  17. Book: Jones. Derek. Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. 2001. Routledge. 9781136798634. 18 December 2017. en.
  18. News: We wish to inform you. 18 December 2017. The Daily Star. 1 April 2013. en.
  19. Book: Baehr. P. Peter R.. Hey. Hilde. Smith. Jacqueline. Human Rights in Developing Countries: Yearbook 1995. 1995. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 9041101276. 104. en.
  20. Web site: Staff Correspondent . 2007-12-27 . Court hears Hasina charges more Dec 31 . 2023-04-23 . The Daily Star . en.

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