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The Daily Observer
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Observer Ltd
PublisherObserver Ltd
Editor Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
Founded1 February 2011[ citation needed]
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters93, Motijheel C/A (2nd Floor), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Website observerbd.com

The Daily Observer is an English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. The founding editor is Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, who was formerly editor of The Bangladesh Observer. [1] [2]

History

The Daily Observer [3] hit the stands in Bangladesh on 1 February 2011. [4] [5] Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, [6] the last editor of Bangladesh Observer, [7] started the circulation of a new newspaper by the name of The Daily Observer in 2011.

The editor was sued by MP Nizam Uddin Hazari in 2017 for publishing an allegedly defamatory article mentioning him. [8]

See also

References

  1. ^ বাজারে আসছে দ্য ডেইলি অবজারভার [The Daily Observer is coming to market]. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Bulletin Board: Information Advisor to PM visits AUB permanent campus". The Daily Star. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Hazari sues Observer editor". The Daily Star.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh Observer closed 'for now'". Bdnews.
  5. ^ "Sad demise of the Bangladesh Observer". Daily Star.
  6. ^ "MP Enamul Haque rants against Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury over news". Bdnews.
  7. ^ "Owners shut Bangladesh Observer". The Daily Star. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Hazari sues Observer editor". The Daily Star.