Ajker Kagoj

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 established itself as a modern genre Bengali language newspaper.

By 2007, the newspaper had grown to employ 225 journalists and staffs.[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 be "killed within a month."[2] On August 22, 2004 another reporter from the newspaper was murdered while collecting data for a story on organized crime in the south-eastern town of Manikchhari.[3]

Ajker Kagoj was declared 'lay off' on September 20, 2007 as a result of continued financial difficulties.[1] In a statement, the editor Kazi Sahed Ahmad promised that all staff would receive their pay and entitlements.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ajker Kagoj shut down". AsiaMedia (The Asia Institute, University of California). 2007-09-20. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southasia.asp?parentid=78280. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  2. ^ "2004 News Alert". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2004-07-13. http://www.cpj.org/news/2004/Bangla13july04na.html. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  3. ^ "Bangladesh:Annual Report 2005". Reporters Without Borders. January 2005. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13423. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
  4. ^ "Bangla daily Ajker Kagoj shut down". The Financial Express. 2007-09-20. http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=11791. Retrieved 2007-12-12.