Bangladesh Pratidin vows to uphold objective journalism on 17th anniversary
Editor Abu Taher and Executive Editor AKM Monjurul Islam presented flowers to Ahmed Ibrahim Sobhan and Emil Ahmed Sobhan on behalf of the newspaper’s staff
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 14 Mar 2026, 09:31 PM
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Bangladesh Pratidin, the country’s highest-circulated Bengali daily, has stepped into its 17th year of publication, reaffirming its commitment to courageous and objective journalism.
To mark the anniversary, Managing Director of Tanvir
Bashundhara Group (TBG) Ahmed Ibrahim Sobhan and Vice Chairman of Sanvir
Bashundhara Group (SBG) Aemil Ahmed Sobhan cut a celebratory cake on Saturday
evening in the presence of members of the Bangladesh Pratidin family.
On the occasion, Editor Abu Taher and Executive
Editor AKM Monjurul Islam presented flowers to Ahmed Ibrahim Sobhan and Emil
Ahmed Sobhan on behalf of the newspaper’s staff.
Among others present at the event were Joint Editor Mahmud
Hasan, Deputy Editor (multimedia) Raju Ahmed, Managing Editor (multimedia)
Ruhul Amin Russell, City Editor Mirza Mehdi Tamal, Chief Reporter Julkar Nain
Rono, Chief Photographer Abu Taher Khokon, Senior General Manager Masudur
Rahman, Head of Circulation Md Billal Hossain Montu, Head of Marketing Salah
Uddin Ahmed, and Online In-charge Shamsul Haque Russell.
During the programme, Ibrahim and Aemil exchanged
greetings with the journalists and staff members and conveyed their best wishes
on the newspaper’s anniversary.
Bangladesh Pratidin began its journey on 15 March
2010. Marking the milestone of entering its 17th year, the newspaper expressed
gratitude to its readers, advertisers, newspaper agents, hawkers and
well-wishers for their continued support.
Since its inception, the daily has maintained a
reputation for practicing objective journalism and for its commitment to truth
and credibility. It has repeatedly been recognised in the National Parliament
as the country’s top daily in terms of circulation.
Alongside its print edition, the newspaper’s online
version has also gained significant popularity among Bengali-speaking readers
worldwide. In addition to the Bangla edition, the publication also operates an
English version.
The Bangladesh Pratidin Multimedia platform has
recently expanded its activities and is rapidly gaining popularity by producing
video content on current affairs, entertainment, sports and other topics.
