The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

This article is about the daily newspaper in Bangladesh. For other uses, see Daily Star (disambiguation).

The Daily Star
Journalism without fear or favour
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Transcom Group
Founder(s)Syed Mohammad Ali
EditorMahfuz Anam (Editor)
Syed Ashfaqul Haque (Executive Editor)
Aasha Mehreen Amin (Joint Editor)
Founded14 January 1991; 33 years ago (1991-01-14)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters64–65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215
Circulation29,450[1]
Websitethedailystar.net

The Daily Star is a Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper. It is by far the largest circulating English-language newspaper in the country.[2] Founded by Syed Mohammed Ali on 14 January 1991, as Bangladesh transitioned and restored parliamentary democracy,[3][4] the newspaper became popular for its outspoken coverage of politics, corruption, and foreign policy. It is considered a newspaper of record for Bangladesh.[5][6] The newspaper has been described as having a "reputation for journalistic integrity and liberal and progressive views - a kind of Bangladeshi New York Times".[7]

Mahfuz Anam serves as the editor and publisher of The Daily Star. The Daily Star is owned by Mediaworld, in which a major share is held by the Transcom Group.[8] Star Business, the business edition of the paper, is highly popular. The newspaper serves its Bengali readership digitally through its website. It is highly active in social media as well including in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. The newspaper's multimedia news contents are widely followed through its YouTube channel @TheDailyStarNews.

  1. ^ দেশের ইংরেজি ভাষায় প্রকাশিত মিডিয়া তালিকাভুক্ত দৈনিক পত্রিকার প্রচার সংখ্যা ও বিজ্ঞাপন হার (PDF). dfp.portal.gov.bd (in Bengali). Bangladesh Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ^ Newspaper Trends: Bangladesh Archived 19 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, World Advertising Research Center. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Remembering Syed Mohammad Ali". The Daily Star. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  4. ^ "SM Ali's World". Southbound.com.my. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ^ Roy, Anupam Debashis (January 2020). Not All Springs End Winter. Adarsha. p. 144. ASIN B097ZL8NFW. Reports on the demands of the students that were published on the Daily Star, often considered Bangladesh's newspaper of record, ....
  6. ^ Sklair, Leslie (May 2022). The Anthropocene in Global Media: Neutralizing the risk. Routledge. ISBN 978-0367641993. Bangladesh: The first and most articles (19) appear in The Daily Star, often considered the newspaper of record.
  7. ^ "'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh". BBC News. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Welcome to Transcom". Transcom. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.