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Bengali-language daily newspaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Samakal (Bengali: সমকাল, lit. 'Contemporary') is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper is owned by Ha-Meem Group. It began publication in 2005.[1] Golam Sarwar was the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018.[2][dubious – discuss] In 2020, Samakal had a circulation of 270,000, which made it the eighth most widely read newspaper in the country.[3]
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Over the years, the paper's writers have included Ajoy Dasgupta,[4] Abed Khan,[5] Mizanur Rahman Khan,[6] and Khalil Rahman.[7] Gautam Das, the paper's Faridpur bureau chief, was murdered in November 2005 by junior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politicians after reporting on corruption in the party.[8]
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