Dainik Azadi

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Daily Azadi (Bengali: ডেইলি আজাদী) is a Bangladeshi newspaper published in Bangladesh.^[1]

History

The Azadi was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in East Pakistan. It was blacklisted by the Pakistani Government for a year and banned from receiving government advertisement. It stopped publishing for three months during the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1]^[2]

Abdul Khaleq was the founding editor and publisher of Azadi. At first the price of the magazine was two annas (12 paise).^[3] After Khaleq's death, his son-in-law Md. Mohammad Khaled took over as editor in 1962. MA Malek has been in charge of the newspaper since 2003 after his death.^[4]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Mamtaz, Ahmad. "Azadi, The". Banglapedia. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "৫৭ বছরে দৈনিক আজাদী". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ ^a ^b "আজাদী, দৈনিক - বাংলাপিডিয়া". bn.banglapedia.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "পানি অপসারণে প্রধান অন্তরায় কচুরিপানা ও ভেসাল জাল". দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-06.