Holiday (newspaper)

Holiday is an independent English-language newsweekly published on Fridays in Bangladesh. Founded by the late eminent journalist Enayetullah Khan in 1965, it was one of the most influential newspapers in East Pakistan and was known for its outspoken stance against successive Pakistani regimes.^[1] In newly independent Bangladesh, it was a staunch critic of the regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman^[2] and was briefly banned in 1975.^[3] Since the 1990s, the paper has seen significant decline in circulation. It is now owned by HRC Group which is owned by Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament.^[4]

Holiday

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Holiday Publications Limited
Founder(s)	A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan
Publisher	Holiday Publications Limited
Editor	Sayed Kamaluddin
Founded	August 1, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-08-01)
Language	English
Headquarters	30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Website	weeklyholiday.net

References

1. Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Holiday, The". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
2. Lifschultz, Lawrence (1979). Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution. Zed Press. pp. 39, 129, 151. ISBN 0-905762-07-X. "By late in the summer of 1972, Ziauddin, in particular, had become deeply disillusioned over the political direction of the country. In a signed article in the opposition weekly, Holiday, ... [Enayethullah] Khan had been the Editor of the weekly Holiday, a pseudo-leftist Sunday paper, that had been aggressively opposed to Mujib's regime ... in the Dacca weekly Holiday, a newspaper once known during the Mujib period as an active defender of civil liberties, prisoner rights and lawful trial procedures ...
3. Ray, Hemen (1989). The enduring friendship: Soviet-Indian relations in Mrs. Gandhi's days. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications. p. 83. ISBN 81-7017-249-7.
4. emythmakers.com. "Holiday Publication Ltd". HRC Group. Retrieved 7 February 2022.