 Front page, 21 January 1969 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | Mohammad Akram Khan |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Ceased publication | 1990 |
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The Azad (Bengali: আজাদ) was a Bengali-language daily newspaper published from 1936 to 1990s. The Azad became Dhaka's first daily newspaper. The newspaper while based in Dhaka played an important role during the Bengali Language Movement for its advocacy of Bengali.[1]
- ^ Musa, ABM (22 February 1999). "Language movement and the press". The Independent (Bangladesh).