Kaler Kantho

Kaler Kantho
দৈনিক কালের কণ্ঠ
15 August 2023 front page of Kaler Kantho
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherMaynal Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of East West Media Group PLC
EditorHasan Hafiz
Founded10 January 2010; 14 years ago (10 January 2010)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageBengali
HeadquartersEast West Media Group PLC, Plot No: 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka-1229 and Printed at Plot No: C/52, Block-K, Bashundhara, Khilkhet, Badda, Dhaka
Websitekalerkantho.com

Kaler Kantho (Bengali: কালের কণ্ঠ) is one of the most popular Bengali newspapers in Bangladesh. It is an enterprise of East West Media Group (EWMG), a sister concern of Bangladesh's leading business conglomerate Bashundhara Group. The same group owns Bangladesh Pratidin, Daily Sun, News24, Radio Capital and Banglanews24.[1]

Abed Khan was the founder editor of Kaler Kantho. The daily was first published on 10 January 2010. Khan resigned as editor in June 2011.[2] After Khan's resignation, Imdadul Haq Milan, a popular novelist from Bangladesh, became the editor.[3] Shahed Mohammad Ali, former senior news editor of Prothom Alo, became the acting editor on 3 October 2021 after Milan became the EWMG director and brand ambassador.[4]

On 18 August 2024, the offices of Kaler Kantho was vandalized.[5]

There are many feature and daily pages in Kaler Kantho, including - Chakri Ache (Career and jobs), Tech Bisshow (IT feature page), Tech Pratidin, Oboshore, A2Z, Dosh dik (Literature), Biggapon biroti, Doctor Achen (Health), Kothay Kothay, Rongey Mela (Entertainment), Ghorar dim (Fun), Mogoj Dholai, and Tin Tin Toon Toon.

  1. ^ "Kaler Kantho steps into 7th year". Daily Sun BD. Dhaka. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Editor Abed Khan quits on ethical grounds". The Daily Star. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Daily Sun, Kaler Kantho, Bangladesh Protidin sued". The Daily Star. 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Shahed Ali joins Kaler Kantho as Acting Editor". banglanews24.com. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Miscreants vandalize Kaler Kantho building". Dhaka Tribune. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.