The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

The Daily Star

Front page of the Friday edition of The Daily Star on 17 January 2008
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Transcom Group
Founder(s) Syed Mohammad Ali
Editor Mahfuz Anam
Founded January 14, 1991 (1991-01-14)
Language English
Headquarters 64–65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215
Website thedailystar.net

The Daily Star is the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in Bangladesh.[1] Founded by Syed Mohammed Ali on 14 January 1991, as Bangladesh transitioned and restored parliamentary democracy, The Daily Star emerged as a leading and influential national newspaper of record. The newspaper's position in Bangladesh is comparable to that of The New York Times in the United States and The Independent in the United Kingdom.[2][3]

Its motto, "Committed to People's Right to Know", appears on the upper-middle section of the front page. The newspaper is led by Mahfuz Anam, a freedom fighter and former United Nations official.[4] Its principal bureaus are located in Dhaka and Chittagong, with several representatives abroad. It is organized into sections: News, Opinion and Editorial, Star Business, Star Sports, Arts and Entertainment, National and Metropolitan. Its major supplements include The Star, Forum, Lifestyle, Star Literature, Law & Our Rights, Shout, Star Insight and Science and Life.

The Daily Star is owned by Mediaworld, in which a major share is held by Latifur Rahman's Transcom Group.[5] The Transcom Group also owns Prothom Alo, one of the most widely read Bengali newspapers in the world.[6]

Management

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, is also on its six-member board of directors, of which Rokia Afzal Rahman is chairman. The board deals with financial matters.[7]

The general section of the newspaper is headed by Dr Salehuddin Ahmed,[7] its managing editor, while the news team is led by Syed Ashfaqul Haque, chief news editor.[8] Ahmed Ali is in charge of the Metro. Other leaders are AFM Jamaluddin (establishment manager), Mizanur Rahman (accounts manager), Selim S.H. Chowdhury (production and events manager), and Sher Ali (advertising manager).[8]

Online version

The online version of The Daily Star as a leading English daily newspaper of Bangladesh is updating 24/7 with latest, breaking, politics, business, technology, world, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and crime news.

Pages, magazines and supplements

The Star Magazine

The Daily Star publishes a number of supplements along with its 24-page main publication.

Previous publications

Controversy

In 2016, speaking at a panel discussion on ATN News, editor Mahfuz Anam admitted that The Daily Star ran stories fed to the newspaper by military intelligence outfit DGFI in 2007 and 2008. The stories accused eventual prime minister Sheikh Hasina of corruption.[9] This led to demands in parliament by several lawmakers calling for the trial of Mahfuz Anam and The Daily Star publisher Latifur Rahman.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Newspaper Trends: Bangladesh, World Advertising Research Center; Retrieved: 14 September 2007
  2. ↑ "Remembering Syed Mohammad Ali". The Daily Star. 17 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "SM Ali's World". Southbound.com.my. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  4. ↑ culturebase.net. "Mahfuz Anam artist portrait - culturebase.net". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Transcom Group; Retrieved: 14 September 2007
  6. ↑ "The new generation of journalists has changed the face of the media". Probe News Magazine. 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  7. 1 2 "About Us". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 September 2007.
  8. 1 2 English Daily: The Daily Star, Media Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-09-14
  9. ↑ "Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam admits to publishing DGFI-fed baseless stories". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lawmakers demand trial of Daily Star editor Mahfuz, publisher Latifur" (1). The Daily Observer. The Daily Observer. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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