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[[Robert Knight (editor)|Robert Knight]] papers promoted Indian self-rule and often criticized the policies of the [[British Raj]].<ref>Edwin Hirschmann, "The Hidden Roots of a Great Newspaper: Calcutta's Statesman," ''Victorian Periodicals Review'' (2004) 37#2 pp 141-160.</ref><ref>Edwin Hirschmann, "An Editor Speaks for the Natives: Robert Knight in 19th Century India," '' Journalism Quarterly'' (1986) 63#2 pp 260–267</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=Edwin| last=Hirschmann| title=Robert Knight: Reforming Editor in Victorian India| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2008| isbn=978-0-19-569622-6}}</ref>

==Notable newspapers of Bangladesh==
{{Expand list|date=April 2013}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2 | Newspaper name
! rowspan=2 | Founded
! rowspan=2 | Owner/Publisher
! rowspan=2 | Editor
! rowspan=2 | Region
! rowspan=2 data-sort-type="number" | Circulation <br/> <small>(June, 2018)</small>    
|-
! English
! Bengali
|-
| {{Sort|Bangladesh Pratidin|''[[Bangladesh Pratidin]]''}}
| বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন
|16 March 2010
| [[East West Media Group]]<ref name=Pratidin />
| [[Naem Nizam]]<ref name=Pratidin>{{cite news|title=Nayem Nizam made Protidin acting editor, Peer Habibur executive editor |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_16-11-2011_bnp%E2%80%99s-road-marches-aimed-to-protect-war-criminals:-al_394_1_10_1_3.html |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |date=2011-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515144403/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_16-11-2011_bnp%E2%80%99s-road-marches-aimed-to-protect-war-criminals%3A-al_394_1_10_1_3.html |archive-date=2013-05-15 |access-date=2013-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=15concerned>{{cite news |title=15 editors concerned |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/15-editors-concerned/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |date=2013-05-19 |access-date=2013-05-25}}</ref><ref name=EWMG />
| National
| 553,300<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation>{{cite web |url=https://dfp.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/dfp.portal.gov.bd/page/b5b99e8e_85fe_465d_992c_1fee17302efc/-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%93%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20(7).pdf |script-title=bn:জাতীয় দৈনিকের প্রচার সংখ্যা ও বিজ্ঞাপনের হার |trans-title=National daily circulation and advertising rates |publisher=Department of Films and Publications |date=2018-05-09}}</ref><ref name="circ">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Pratidin tops circulation list |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-pratidin-tops-circulation-list-15026 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=11 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sort|Prothom Alo|''[[Prothom Alo]]''}}
| দৈনিক প্রথম আলো
| 4 November 1998<ref name="adgully" />
| [[Transcom Group|Media Star Limited]]
| [[Matiur Rahman (journalist)|Matiur Rahman]]<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="adgully">{{cite web|title=Bangladesh through Matiur Rahman of Prothom Alo's eyes |publisher=Adgully.com |date=2013-04-22 |url=http://www.adgully.com/bangladesh-through-matiur-rahman-of-prothom-alo-s-eyes-45063.html}}</ref><ref name="listof2010editors" /><ref name="listof2012editors" />
| National
| 501,800<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/currentCirculation |title=Current Circulation |date=2012-09-01 |website=Prothom Alo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115021801/http://prothom-alo.com/currentCirculation |archive-date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2013-04-22}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sort|Kaler Kantho|''[[Kaler Kantho]]''}}
| কালের কন্ঠ
| 10 January 2010
| [[East West Media Group]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Bashundhara Group to bear medication for journo Nikhil Vhadra |publisher=The New Nation (Bangladesh) |date=2012-01-09 |url=http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=27826 |access-date=2013-04-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630102719/http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=27826 |archive-date=2013-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Imdadul Haq Milan]]<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="EWMG">{{cite news |title=Imadadul Haq Milon, Nayeem Nizam made editors |newspaper=banglanews24.com |date=2012-01-10 |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=bd50f363001990ee1fe5d798702b1d5b&nttl=0000000000000 |access-date=2013-05-25}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| National
| 290,200<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Jugantor|''[[Jugantor|The Daily Jugantor]]''}}<ref name=growth2012>{{cite news |title=Blitz emerges as one of the fastest growing newspapers in Bangladesh |url=http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2711/blitz-emerges-as-one-of-the-fastest-growing |work=Weekly Blitz |date=2012-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127024513/http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2711/blitz-emerges-as-one-of-the-fastest-growing |archive-date=2013-01-27 |access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref>
| দৈনিক যুগান্তর
|1 February 1999
|[[Salma Islam]]<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="listof2010editors" />
|Saiful Alam
| National
| 290,200<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Ittefaq|''[[The Daily Ittefaq]]''}}
| দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক
| 24 December 1953
| Ittefaq Group of Publications Ltd.
|[[Tasmima Hossain]]
| National
| 290,200<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Janakantha|''[[Janakantha|The Daily Janakantha]]''}}
| দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ
| 29 February 1993
|Mohammad Atikullah Khan Masud
|Mohammad Atikullah Khan Masud
| National
| 275,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Samakal|''[[Samakal]]''}}
| দৈনিক সমকাল
| 31 May 2005
|AK Azad
|Mustafiz Shafi
| National
| 270,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Amader Shomoy|''[[Amader Shomoy]]''}}
| দৈনিক আমাদের সময়
| 2003
| New Vision Limited<ref>{{cite news |title=Nayeemul no longer publisher of Amader Shomoy |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-09&nid=20061 |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=2012-08-09 |access-date=2013-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125181403/http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-09&nid=20061 |archive-date=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=AmaderShomoyEditor>{{cite news |title=Hasan Shahriar Amader Shomoy Editor |publisher=banglanews24.com |date=2012-09-25 |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=748c1f15089cb7bd92930c1526a0386e&nttl=0000000000000 |access-date=2013-04-21}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| Mohammad Golam Sarwar
| National
| 270,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Bhorer Kagoj|''[[Bhorer Kagoj]]''}}
| ভোরের কাগজ
| 15 February 1992<ref name="auto2">{{cite news|url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2015/05/29/34718.php|script-title=bn:আজকের কাগজ ভোরের কাগজের সেই সব দিন|work=Bhorer Kagoj|language=bn|access-date=2018-11-13|archive-date=2020-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219084915/http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2015/05/29/34718.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|[[Saber Hossain Chowdhury]]
| Shyamal Dutta<ref name=listof2010editors>{{cite news|author=New Age |title=27 editors condemn Amar Desh closure |publisher=Dhaka Mirror |date=2010-06-06 |url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/other-headlines/27-editors-condemn-amar-desh-closure/ |access-date=2013-04-29}}</ref><ref name="listof2012editors">{{cite news |title=13 editors condemn death threat to Golam Sarwar |url=http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-04-27 |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=2012-04-27 |access-date=2013-04-29}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| National
|161,160<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Manab Zamin|''[[Manab Zamin|Daily Manab Zamin]]''}}
| দৈনিক মানবজমিন
| 15 February 1997
|Mahbuba Chowdhury
| Matiur Rahman Chowdhury<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="listof2010editors" /><ref name="listof2012editors" />
| National
|161,100<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Alokito Bangladesh|''[[Alokito Bangladesh]]''}}
| আলোকিত বাংলাদেশ
| 2013
| Alokito Media Ltd.
| Kazi Rafiqul Alam
| National
|152,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|The Sangbad|''[[The Sangbad]]''}}
| দৈনিক সংবাদ
| 17 May 1951<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sangbad,_The|title=Sangbad, the - Banglapedia}}</ref>
|Alatamasa Kabir
| Khandakar Muniruzzaman
| National
|127,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Inqilab|''[[Daily Inqilab|The Daily Inqilab]]''}}
| দৈনিক ইনকিলাব
|4 June 1986
|Inqilab Enterprise & Publications Limited
|A.M.M. Bahauddin<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="listof2010editors" /><ref name="listof2012editors" />
| National
| 125,460<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Jaijaidin|''[[Jaijaidin]]''}}
| যায়যায়দিন
|1999
|Jaijaidin Publication Limited
|Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury
| National
| 116,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Naya Diganta|''[[Daily Naya Diganta]]''}}
| দৈনিক নয়াদিগন্ত
| 25 October 2004
|Diganta Media Corporation
| Alamgir Mahiuddin<ref name="15concerned" /><ref name="listof2010editors" />
| National
|90,650<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|The Azadi|''[[The Azadi]]''}}
| দৈনিক আজাদী
| 5 September 1960<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Azadi,_The|title = Azadi, the - Banglapedia}}</ref>
|MA Malek
| MA Malek
| National<br/> <small>(published from [[Chattogram]])</small>
|56,000<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
| {{Sort|Daily Sangram|''[[The Daily Sangram|Daily Sangram]]''}}
| দৈনিক সংগ্রাম
| 17 January 1970<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailysangram.com/post/106782-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%80|script-title=bn:দৈনিক সংগ্রামের প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী|work=The Daily Sangram|language=bn|access-date=2018-11-13|archive-date=2019-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213184013/https://www.dailysangram.com/post/106782-%25E0%25A6%25A6%25E0%25A7%2588%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%2595-%25E0%25A6%25B8%25E0%25A6%2582%25E0%25A6%2597%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A7%2587%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%25B7%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25A0%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B7%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A7%2580|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Yusuf |first=Ananta |date=20 February 2015 |title=Story of the Bangla Press |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/the-star/cover-story/story-the-bangla-press-3161 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>
|Bangladesh Publications Ltd.
| [[Abul Asad]]<ref name="listof2010editors" />
| National
|32,020<ref name=BangladeshNewspaperByCirculation/>
|-
|[[Sangbad Pratidin]]
|সংবাদ প্রতিদিন
|12 February 1992<ref>{{Cite web|title=PRATIDIN PRAKASHANI PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details {{!}} Zauba Corp|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/PRATIDIN-PRAKASHANI-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U22100WB1992PTC054417|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.zaubacorp.com}}</ref>
|Pratidin Prakashani Pvt. Ltd. 
|[[Srinjoy Bose]]
|National
|600000
|}

==Notable newspapers of India==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2 | Newspaper name
! rowspan=2 | Founded
! rowspan=2 | Owner/Publisher
! rowspan=2 | Editor
! rowspan=2 | Region
! rowspan=2 data-sort-type="number" | Circulation <br/> <small></small>    
|-
! English
! Bengali
|-
| ''[[Aajkaal]]'' || আজকাল || {{dts|1981}} || AJkal Publishers Ltd. || Ashoke Dasgupta || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'' || আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা || {{dts|1922}} || [[ABP Group]] || Ishita Dutta Roy || Regional || 1,046,607 daily
|-
| ''[[Bartaman]]'' || বর্তমান || {{dts|1984}} || Bartaman Ltd. || Himanshu Sinha || Regional || 622,907 Daily
|-
| ''[[Dainik Sambad]]'' || দৈনিক সংবাদ ||1971|| [[Bhupendra Chandra Datta Bhowmik]] Trust || || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Dainik Statesman]]'' || দৈনিক স্টেটসম্যান  || {{dts|2004}} || [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman Group]] || || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Ebela]]'' || এবেলা || || [[ABP Group]] || Anirban Chattopadhyay || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Ei Samay]]'' || এই সময়  || {{dts|2012|10|15}} || [[The Times Group]] || Rupayan Bhattacharya || Regional || 338,422 daily
|-
| ''[[Ekdin]]'' || একদিন || {{dts|2006}} || Narshingha Broadcasting Pvt. Ltd. || Arjun Singh || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Ganashakti]]'' || গণশক্তি  || {{dts|1967}} || Ganashakti Trust|| Debashish Chakraborty || Regional || 
|-
| ''[[Kalantar]]'' || কালান্তর  || {{dts|1965}} || [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] West Bengal Council || || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Jago Bangla]]'' || জাগো বাংলা  || {{dts|2015}} || [[All India Trinamool Congress]] || [[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]] || Regional ||
|-
| ''[[Sakalbela]]'' || সকালবেলা  || {{dts|2010|06|29}} || [[Saradha Group financial scandal|Saradha Group]] || n/a || Regional || Ceased publication in April 2013
|-
| ''[[Sangbad Pratidin]]'' || সংবাদ প্রতিদিন  || {{dts|1992}} || [[Swapan Sadhan Bose]] || [[Srinjoy Bose]] || Regional || 266,665 daily
|-
| ''[[Uttarbanga Sambad]]'' || উত্তরবঙ্গ সংবাদ  || {{dts|1980|05|19}} || colspan=2| Sabyasachi Talukdar|| Regional || 160,517 daily
|-
|}

==Pakistan==
{{main|Daily Qaumi Bandhan}}
'''''Daily Qaumi Bandhan''''' ({{lang-bn|দৈনিক কওমি বন্ধন}}; lit. "national unity"<ref name="paklinks"/>) was a [[Bengali language]] newspaper published in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]. It has the reputation of being the only main Bengali newspaper in the country that catered specifically to the large [[Bangladeshis in Pakistan|Bengali community in Pakistan]].<ref name="paklinks">{{cite web|url=http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/20617-tens-of-thousands-of-bengali-migrants-face-bleak-future-in-pakistan.html|website=paklinks.com|title=Tens of thousands of Bengali migrants face bleak future in Pakistan|access-date=2017-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410011122/http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pakistan-affairs/20617-tens-of-thousands-of-bengali-migrants-face-bleak-future-in-pakistan.html|archive-date=2015-04-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="outlookindia">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200305|magazine=Outlook India|title=Homeless In Karachi|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> Founded in the 1940s, the newspaper was discontinued decades later due to financial reasons.<ref name="jang">{{cite web|url=http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2012-weekly/nos-26-02-2012/kol.htm|website=jang.com.pk|title=Kolachi, NOS, The News International – Keeping languages alive|access-date=2017-08-16|archive-date=2012-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407051543/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2012-weekly/nos-26-02-2012/kol.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was based in the [[Chittagong Colony]], a Bengali neighbourhood in Karachi.

==United States==
{{main|Akhon Samoy}}
'''''Akhon Samoy''''' ({{lang-bn|এখন সময়}}) is a [[Bengali-language]] [[newspaper]] published from New York, United States since 2000.

==United Kingdom==
{{main|Janomot}}
''Janomot'' was founded in London and established on 21 February 1969. It is the first Bengali weekly newspaper, the first ethnic minority newspaper in Britain and the first Bengali newsweekly published outside Bangladesh.<ref name="janomot">{{cite web|url=http://www.janomot.com/about.html |title=Janomot Bengali Newsweekly |publisher=Janomot Weekly |access-date=1 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402164949/http://www.janomot.com/about.html |archive-date= 2 April 2014 }}</ref>
{{main|Potrika}}
''Potrika'' was established in 1997. It is published every Monday for £0.50 (or for annual subscription of £82.16). It is the only broadsheet Bengali newspaper published from the UK and follows issues relating to the [[British Bangladeshi]] community, reflecting their concerns and interests.<ref name="potrika">{{cite web|url=http://www.potrika.co.uk/about_us.html|title=About Us|publisher=Weekly Potrika|date=|access-date=1 March 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407064959/http://www.potrika.co.uk/about_us.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The newspaper covers news concerning the British Bangladeshi community from the UK, Bangladesh and worldwide, including coverage of business news, sports, films, health, leisure, fashion, education and environment.<ref name="potrika"/>

==References==
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