Dainik Bangla


Dainik Bangla is a defunct Bengali Language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. Obaidul Huque served as the President of Dainik Bangla-Bangladesh Times Trustee Board.

History

Dainik Pakistan was renamed to Dainik Bangla after the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. After the Independence of Bangladesh the newspaper published reports on Bengali collaborators of the Pakistan Army and war crimes. News reports from the report were used as evidence in the Bangladesh war crimes tribunal. In 1972, Hasan Hafizur Rahman, was elected president of the editorial board of the Dainik Bangla. In 1975. the government of Bangladesh closed all newspapers except The Daily Ittefaq, The Bangladesh Times, The Bangladesh Observer, and the Dainik Bangla; which were nationalized. After the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état, the newspaper then state owned, stopped reporting about him and did not cover the anniversary of his death. The newspaper was closed by the Bangladesh Awami League government in 1997 along with other state owned media, The Bangladesh Times and Saptahik Bichitra.

Legacy

An important intersection in Dhaka, Dainik Bangla intersection, has been named after the newspaper.