Daily Sun (Bangladesh)

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Daily Sun
Logo of Daily Sun
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL)
PublisherMaynal Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of East West Media Group Limited
EditorMd Rezaul Karim
FoundedOctober 24, 2010
LanguageEnglish with online-only Bangla version.
HeadquartersEast West Media Group Limited, Plot No: 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka -1229
Websitedaily-sun.com

Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010. It also operates an English news portal www.daily-sun.com and a Bangla news portal www.daily-sun.com/bangla, apart from maintaining a website www.dailysun.com/epaper for the e-version of the published copies. The main paper has 16 pages including 4 pages on business and 1 on sports. Daily Sun is owned by East West Media Group, a concern of Bashundhara Group.

Description[edit]

The Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] Also it publishes bangla-language daily news. It was founded in 2010.[2] The main paper has 28 pages including 4 pages on business and 8 pages on sports which is called "Winner".

When the paper criticised the shipping minister's role in granting licences and violation of traffic rules by drivers, transport workers raided and looted delivery vehicles.[3] A Daily Sun journalist based in New York, Santosh Mandal, died 2016 of a heart attack.[4] The Daily Sun is owned by East West Media Group, a part of Bashundhara group, along with Bangladesh Pratidin, Kaler Kantho, and online news portal Banglanews24.com.[5][6] Professor Syed Anwar Husain was the founder editor of this newspaper.

Weekly supplements[edit]

Its weekly supplements include:

  • Groove
  • The Hood
  • Morning Tea

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Daily Sun, Kaler Kantho, Bangladesh Protidin sued". 2012-01-08. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ^ "Welcome "daily sun"". 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  3. ^ "Newspapers snatched". The Daily Star. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. ^ "Journo Santosh Mandal no more". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  5. ^ "Press Council serves notice on Daily Sun". The Daily Star. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  6. ^ "Press Council serves notices on 2 dailies". The Daily Star. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

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