Kaler Kantho | |
Type: | Daily newspaper |
Format: | Broadsheet |
Publisher: | Maynal Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of East West Media Group Limited. |
Editor: | Chief Editor : Imdadul Haq Milan, Editor : Shahed Mohammad Ali |
Headquarters: | East West Media Group Limited, Plot No: 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka-1229 and Printed at Plot No: C/52, Block-K, Bashundhara, Khilkhet, Badda, Dhaka |
Language: | Bengali |
Political: | Liberal |
Kaler Kantho (Bengali: কালের কণ্ঠ) is one of the most popular Bengali newspapers in Bangladesh. It is an enterprise of East West Media Group (EWMG), a sister concern of Bangladesh's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group. The same group owns Bangladesh Pratidin, Daily Sun, News24, Radio Capital and Banglanews24.[1]
Abed Khan was the founder editor of Kaler Kantho. The daily was first published on 10 January 2010. Khan resigned as editor in June 2011.[2] After Khan's resignation, Imdadul Haq Milan, a popular novelist from Bangladesh, became the editor.[3] Shahed Mohammad Ali, former senior news editor of Prothom Alo, became the acting editor on 3 October 2021 after Milan became the EWMG director and brand ambassador.[4]
On 18 August 2024, the offices of Kaler Kantho was vandalized.[5]
There are many feature and daily pages in Kaler Kantho, including - Chakri Ache (Career and jobs), Tech Bisshow (IT feature page), Tech Pratidin, Oboshore, A2Z, Dosh dik (Literature), Biggapon biroti, Doctor Achen (Health), Kothay Kothay, Rongey Mela (Entertainment), Ghorar dim (Fun), Mogoj Dholai, and Tin Tin Toon Toon.