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{{Short description|Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Dhaka Tribune
| motto = ''Breaking News. Breaking Barriers.''
| logo = Logo of Dhaka Tribune.svg
| image = Dhaka Tribune Frontpage 22 March 2022.jpg
| caption = Front-page for 22 March 2022
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet (newspaper)|Broadsheet]]
| owners = 2A Media Limited
| publisher = [[Kazi Anis Ahmed]]
| editor = [[Zafar Sobhan]]
| foundation = 2013
| political =
| language = English
| ceased publication =
| headquarters = FR Tower, 8/C Panthpath, Shukrabad, Dhaka 1207.
| website = {{URL|https://www.dhakatribune.com/}}
}}
The '''''Dhaka Tribune''''' is a major [[Bangladeshi]] English-language daily newspaper based in [[Dhaka]], the country's capital and largest city.<ref>[https://fojo.se/en/change-in-control-and-attitude-essential-for-bangladesh-medias-survival/ Change in control and attitude essential for Bangladesh media's survival - Fojo Media Institute]</ref> It also operates an online portal ([[Bengali language|Bengali]] version) known as the ''[[Bangla Tribune]]''. The newspaper has a strong readership in Bangladeshi cities, particularly among the young generation, the diplomatic community, and expatriates; as well as a wide readership in [[South Asia]] and internationally. The newspaper is notable for its highly diverse [[op-ed]] content, with contributions from leading Bangladeshi, South Asian and international columnists. It also organizes the [[Dhaka Literary Festival]].

The newspaper is notable for being the fastest-growing English-language news media in Bangladesh's history,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldfellows.yale.edu/person/zafar-sobhan/ |title=Zafar Sobhan - Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program |publisher=Worldfellows.yale.edu |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> catering to the country's business community, middle class, public and private universities, and English medium schools. Several award-winning journalists have worked with the newspaper. Its print version is often found at lobbies of luxury hotels of Bangladesh.

==History==
The newspaper began publication on 19 April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/apr/19/dhaka-tribune-launched|title=Dhaka Tribune launched |work= Dhaka Tribune |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> The newspaper started as a broadsheet before going [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]] on 1 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/mar/01/introducing-compact-dhaka-tribune|title=Introducing the compact Dhaka Tribune|work= Dhaka Tribune |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> Since 1 May 2019, it has reverted to broadsheet editions, as is common among Bangladeshi newspapers.<ref>{{Citation|title=From this May, Dhaka Tribune is switching to Broadsheet to have more space for more stories. We understand some stories simply need more! |url=https://www.facebook.com/DhakaTribune/videos/from-this-may-dhaka-tribune-is-switching-to-broadsheet-to-have-more-space-for-mo/414572706027552/|language=en|access-date=28 September 2019}}</ref> Since 2015, it has been the media partner of the Dhaka Literary Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dhakalitfest.com/story.html|title=Dhaka Lit Fest|last=DESIGNARIUM|website=dhakalitfest.com|language=en-US|access-date=9 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/dhaka-lit-fest-opens-thursday-1823680 |title=Dhaka Lit Fest opens Thursday |publisher=The Daily Star |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=theluxembourgreview |url=https://theluxembourgreview.org/tag/dhaka-tribune/ |title=Dhaka Tribune |publisher=The Luxembourg Review |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cosmosbooks.com.bd/index.php?route=blog/article&article_id=6 |title=8th Dhaka Lit Fest |publisher=Cosmosbooks.com.bd |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/entertainment/9th-edition-of-dhaka-lit-fest-kicks-off-1573116903|title = 9th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest kicks off}}</ref> Dhaka Tribune won the Most Innovative Special Supplement award at the ''Bangladesh Media Innovation Awards 2022'' held in September 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2022/09/27/dhaka-tribune-wins-most-innovative-special-supplement-award|title=Dhaka Tribune wins most innovative special supplement award|access-date=30 September 2022|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

==Owners and staff==
[[Gemcon Group]] is the largest shareholder in the ''Dhaka Tribune''. Gemcon is run by the family of [[Kazi Nabil Ahmed]], a member of Bangladesh's parliament from the ruling [[Awami League]]. Gemcon is also the owner of the [[University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh]] (ULAB). The newspaper's founding and chief editor is [[Zafar Sobhan]], a 2005 [[Young Global Leader]] and 2008 [[Yale World Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/zafar-sobhan|title = The Forum of Young Global Leaders}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://worldfellows.yale.edu/zafar-sobhan|title = Zafar Sobhan}}</ref> Sobhan previously worked at ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'' for seven years and was the editor of ''[[Forum (Bangladesh)|Forum]]'' magazine for four years; he formerly worked at ''[[The Independent (Bangladesh)|The Independent]]'', ''[[Dhaka Courier]]'' and ''Shokaler Khobor''.<ref name="iidbd1">{{cite web|url=http://iidbd.org/team/zafar-sobhan/ |title=Zafar Sobhan – IID |publisher=Iidbd.org |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref> Sobhan became Bangladesh's first internationally syndicated columnist with articles published in many newspapers and magazines, including ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]'', ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',and ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' among others.<ref name="iidbd1" /><ref name="autogenerated1" /> The business editor at ''Dhaka Tribune'' is Esha Aurora, who also writes about feminism and discrimination.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/kul/soc/mmm/krz/esa.html | title=Esha Aurora }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/author/esha-aurora | title=Esha Aurora | date=26 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp24ltAsRYE | title=Tasnuva Ahmed & Esha Aurora I University of Chittagong & DW Akademie I Young Feminism [Bangla] | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> The publisher of the newspaper is [[Kazi Anis Ahmed]], an author of [[Bangladeshi writing in English]] and a well known commentator on Bangladesh in international media. Ahmed's articles have been published in ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=K.+Anis+Ahmed|accessdate=1 April 2019|title=Articles by K. Anis Ahmed |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ''Time'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4400495/bangladesh-dhaka-holey-terrorism/|title=Beating Terrorism in Bangladesh Requires Public and Personal Commitment |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/the-writing-life-around-the-world-by-electric-literature/2015/dec/09/things-we-dont-write-k-anis-ahmed-on-the-murdered-writers-of-bangladesh|title=Things we don't write: K Anis Ahmed on the murdered writers of Bangladesh|accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303916904577375631414377796|title=Bangladesh's Vanishing Justice|accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> ''Nikkei Asian Review'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/K.-Anis-Ahmed/Bangladesh-faces-growing-strain-in-Rohingya-crisis|title=Bangladesh faces growing strain in Rohingya crisis|accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> and ''Politico''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/modest-migration-proposal-greek-germans-merkel-syrians-european-hospitality/|title='Tis but a modest migration proposal|accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref> Abu Sayeed Asiful Islam serves as associate editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/reality-check/will-hunt-down-anti-hindu-attackers-bangladesh-pm-606380 |title=Will Hunt Down Anti-Hindu Attackers: Bangladesh PM |publisher=Ndtv.com |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref> Its bureau chief in [[London]] is solicitor [[Niaz Alam]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Niaz |last=Alam |url=https://hcommons.org/members/niazalam/ |title=Niaz Alam – Humanities Commons |publisher=Hcommons.org |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref>

==Columnists==
Some of the paper's columnists include American economist Forrest Cookson,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/author/Forrest%20Cookson |title=Articles by Forrest Cookson |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> British economist [[Tim Worstall]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/author/Tim%20Worstall |title=Articles by Tim Worstall |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> Bangladeshi writer [[Syed Badrul Ahsan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/author/Syed%20Badrul%20Ahsan |title=Articles by Syed Badrul Ahsan |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> Jordan's [[Prince Hassan bin Talal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/author/hrh-prince-el-hassan-bin-talal|title = Articles by HRH Prince el Hassan bin Talal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/03/20/one-minute-from-midnight|title = One minute from midnight| date=20 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/05/15/op-ed-protecting-and-preserving-jerusalem-s-identity-is-an-international-responsibility|title=OP-ED: Protecting and preserving Jerusalem's identity is an international responsibility}}</ref> and Bangladeshi climate scientist [[Saleemul Huq]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/03/02/making-our-voices-heard|title=Making our voices heard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2017/03/31/open-letter-bangladesh-american-people|title=An open letter from Bangladesh to the American people}}</ref>

==Editorial content==
The ''Dhaka Tribune'' is known for a relatively [[Liberalism|liberal]] editorial policy which allows a wide range of views and promotes coverage of [[Bangladesh-India relations]], [[Bangladesh-United States relations]], [[Bangladesh-China relations]], [[women's rights]], and [[LGBTQ]] rights. It is one of the few publications in Bangladesh to allow articles calling for the decriminalization of LGBTQ rights.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://76crimes.com/2013/08/29/bangladesh-newspaper-urges-repeal-of-anti-gay-law/|title=Bangladesh newspaper urges repeal of anti-gay law|work=76 CRIMES|access-date=9 October 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> During the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the newspaper interviewed Ukrainian foreign policy adviser [[Svitlana Zalishchuk]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/video/dt-exclusive/2022/03/05/ukraine-reaches-out-as-fighters-dig-in-for-the-next-round|title = Ukraine reaches out, as fighters dig in for the next round}}</ref> and the Russian ambassador in Dhaka later accused the Bangladeshi media of being biased.<ref>[https://bdnews24.com/media-en/2022/03/14/russian-ambassador-decries-bias-in-bangladesh-media-on-ukraine-war Russian ambassador decries 'bias' in Bangladesh media on Ukraine war | bdnews24.com]</ref>

===Syndicate===
The newspaper has content sharing agreements with [[Project Syndicate]], [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]], and [[Scroll.in]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/topic/55712/view-from-bangladesh |title=View From Bangladesh |publisher=Scroll.in |accessdate=24 March 2022}}</ref>

===Rohingya refugees===
In 2014, [[Myanmar]] summoned Bangladesh's ambassador over an article in the ''Dhaka Tribune'' calling for a referendum in [[Rakhine State]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/03/25/myanmar-upset-at-dt-article|title = Myanmar upset at DT article|date = 25 March 2014}}</ref> The article also sparked protests by Buddhist nationalists in [[Yangon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/yangon/10001-protestors-lash-out-over-dhaka-newspaper-op-ed.html|title=Protestors lash out over Dhaka newspaper op-ed |work=[[The Myanmar Times]] }}</ref> During the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar against the [[Rohingya]], the newspaper was one of the few English-language media reporting directly from the [[Bangladesh-Myanmar border]] to a global audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/09/arakan-rohingya-militants-watch-refugees-myanmar|title = Myanmar: Rohingya insurgents declare month-long ceasefire|website = [[The Guardian]]|date = 10 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion/strip-aung-san-suu-kyi-of-her-nobel-prize.html|title = Opinion | Strip Aung San Suu Kyi of Her Nobel Prize|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 7 September 2017|last1 = Judah|first1 = Jacob}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/02/rohingya-fleeing-myanmar-tales-ethnic-cleansing Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar amid tales of ethnic cleansing | Rohingya | The Guardian]</ref> The newspaper is a leading provider of news and commentary concerning [[Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh]], publishing articles by diplomats, NGO leaders, lawyers, and activists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/longform/2022/03/05/please-dont-forget-them|title=Please don't forget them}}</ref>

===Human rights===
The newspaper regularly publishes articles on human rights issues in Bangladesh, including repealing [[Section 377]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/04/27/bangladesh-stand-lgbt-issue|title = Where does Bangladesh stand on LGBT issue?|date = 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2019/09/23/can-we-decriminalize-homosexuality|title = Can we decriminalize homosexuality?|date = 23 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/06/16/op-ed-a-law-out-of-step-with-the-times|title=Op-Ed: A law out of step with the times}}</ref> inheritance under [[Hindu law]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/03/23/reform-for-the-differently-abled|title=Reform for the differently abled}}</ref> and [[press freedom]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/editorial/2021/05/03/ed-freedom-of-the-press-is-freedom-of-the-people|title = ED: Freedom of the press is freedom of the people|date = 3 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/05/19/op-ed-with-rozina-islam-we-all-suffer|title = OP-ED: With Rozina Islam, we all suffer|date = 19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/08/29/op-ed-let-s-not-kill-the-spirit-of-journalism|title = OP-ED: Let's not kill the spirit of journalism|date = 29 August 2021}}</ref> On women's issues, the newspaper has reported that 97% of sex offences in Bangladesh go unreported.<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/women-can-internalise-patriarchy-too-2986921 Nothing is more alarming than when women do patriarchy's work for it | The Daily Star]</ref>

===Censorship and defamation===
In 2019, a ''Dhaka Tribune'' journalist was arrested and sued under the [[Digital Security Act]] for reporting voting irregularities in a [[by-election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/khulna-journalist-arrested-under-digital-security-act-1681558|title = Digital Security Act: Two journos sued in Khulna over 'false info' on polls results|date = 2 January 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/949892/Bangladesh-Journalists-CPIN-v2.0-_January_2021_.pdf Bangladesh-Journalists-CPIN-v2.0]</ref> The paper has cited Bangladesh's [[defamation]] laws as an obstacle to reporting about corruption in the country's security forces.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/gowher-rizvi-on-conflict-zone/av-56527538|title=Gowher Rizvi on Conflict Zone | DW | 01.09.2021|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> Its editorial in response to a documentary about corruption in the country's army was cited by journalist [[Tim Sebastian]] during an interview with Bangladesh government advisor [[Gowher Rizvi]] on [[Deutsche Welle|DW]].<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/editorial/2021/02/03/ed-why-the-silence|title = ED: Why the silence?|date = 3 February 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of newspapers in Bangladesh]]

== References ==
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{{Gemcon Group Media}}
{{Newspapers of Bangladesh}}

[[Category:Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:English-language newspapers published in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Dhaka]]

Dhaka Tribune - Revision history

Bamilaw222 at 22:46, 5 January 2022