Prothom Alo

Prothom Alo
Prothom Alo Building
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Transcom Group
PublisherMatiur Rahman
Editor-in-chiefMatiur Rahman
Founded4 November 1998 (1998-11-04)
LanguageBangla and English
HeadquartersProgoti Insurance Bhobon, 20-21, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka - 1215, Bangladesh
CountryBangladesh
Circulation525,001 (January 2013)[1]
Websitewww.prothomalo.com

The Daily Prothom Alo (Bengali: প্রথম আলো) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh.[2]

According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB Bangladesh, Prothom Alo has a daily readership of more than 6.6 million online. According to Alexa Internet, an American web traffic analysis company, the online portal of Prothom Alo is the most visited Bengali website in the world.[3]

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  2. ^ "Top 10 Newspapers of Bangladesh (With Pictures)". yourarticlelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Top Sites in Bangladesh". Alexa. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2019.