Weekly Holiday

The Weekly Holiday
Type Weekly magazine
Format Tabloid
Owner Holiday Publication Limite
Publisher Holiday Publication Limited
Editor Sayed Kamaluddin
Founded 1 August 1965
Language English
Headquarters 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Official website www.weeklyholiday.ne

Weekly Holiday is a Bangladeshi periodical established by Enayetullah Khan on 1 August 1965 with considerable political influence in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.[1] The weekly was known to be against the Pakistani regime. During the reign of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the magazine was often very critical of the government.[2] It was banned for a short time in 1975.[3] Its circulation declined significantly in later times.[1]

On birth, it had only eight pages which doubled in 2001 to include its expanded interest in issues outside politics, including culture, the internet, and heritage. It also publishes two monthly supplements - Aviatour, a tabloid on aviation and tourism, and Slate, a colored light-reading magazine.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Holiday, Banglapedia: The national encyclopedia of Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
  2. ^ Lawrence Lifschultz, Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution, pages 39, 66, 151, Zed Press, 1979, ISBN 9780905762074
  3. ^ Hemen Ray, The enduring friendship: Soviet-Indian relations in Mrs. Gandhi's days, page 83, Abhinav Publications, 1989, ISBN 8170172497