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Prothom Alo was founded on 4 November 1998. The circulation of Prothom Alo grew from an initial circulation of 42,000 to a circulation of a half million copies. [1] The newspaper distinguished itself by its investigations of acid attacks and violence against women and pushing for tougher laws against the sale of acid.
[2] [5] Formal representations were made by Muslim leaders to the government during meetings held on 18 September with calls for revoking the license of the newspaper, Prothom Alo. [4] The government banned the sale of the 431st issue and instructed the authorities to seize all printed copies while urging the public to exercise self-restraint ...
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Matiur Rahman (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান; born 15 April, 1946) [1] is the editor of Prothom Alo, one of the largest circulated Bengali language daily in Bangladesh. He is the recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the journalism, literature and creative communication arts category. [2] [3] [4]
Prothom Alo: দৈনিক প্রথম আলো 4 November 1998 [7] Media Star Limited: Matiur Rahman [4] [7] [8] [9] National 501,800 [5] [10] Kaler Kantho: কালের কন্ঠ 10 January 2010 East West Media Group [11] Imdadul Haq Milan [4] [12] National 290,200 [5] The Daily Jugantor [13] দৈনিক ...
[105] [106] According to Prothom Alo, 1,068 houses and business establishments of minorities are attacked from 5 to 20 August. Outside of that, 22 houses of worship came under attack. [ 107 ] The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council reported that from August 4 to August 20, a total of 2,010 incidents (including 69 temples) of ...
Transcom Group also owns two major newspapers, The Daily Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, and an FM radio channel, ABC Radio, to advocate in favour of their business policy. [4] Some other ventures by Transcom Group include pharmaceuticals (Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd.), distribution (Transcom Distribution Company ltd), etc.
In 2007, Cartoonist Arifur Rahman started drawing for a Bangladeshi satirical magazine called Alpin. [1] [2] It was a fun supplementary publication by Prothom Alo. In Alpin, one of his cartoons that made a joke about adding Mohammad to the beginning of a person's name. The cartoon culminates in a young boy introducing his cat as Mohammad Cat.