Ajker Kagoj

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The Daily Ajker Kagoj (Bengali: আজকের কাগজ Ajker Kagoj "Today's Paper") was a Bengali language newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Launched in 1991 under the editorship of Naimul Islam Khan, it establsihed itself as a modern genre Bengali language newspaper.

The newspaper was first published in 1991 and by 2007 had grown to employ 225 journalists and staff.[1]

On July 10, 2004 an Ajker Kagoj reporter received a death threat describing him and the newspaper as an "enemy of Islam" and warning that he would "die within a month."[2] On August 22, 2004 another reporter from the newspaper was murdered while gathering material for a story on organised crime in the south-eastern town of Manikchhari.[3]

Ajker Kogaj ceased publication on September 20, 2007 as a result of continued financial difficulties.[1] In a statement, the editor Kazi Sahed Ahmad guaranteed that all staff would receive their pay and entitlements.[4]


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Ajker Kagoj shut down", AsiaMedia, The Asia Institute, University of California, September 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-12. 
  2. ^ "2004 News Alert", Committee to Protect Journalists, July 13, 2004. Retrieved on 2007-12-12. 
  3. ^ Bangladesh:Annual Report 2005. Reporters Without Borders (January 2005). Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  4. ^ "Bangla daily Ajker Kagoj shut down", The Financial Express, September 20, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-12. 

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