| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | Mohammed Fazle Rabbi (founding editor) |
| Publisher | Bakin Rabbi |
| Editor-in-chief | Bakin Rabbi |
| Editor | Shamsun Nehar Rabbi |
| Founded | 5 May 1955 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | Chowdury Para Comilla, Bangladesh |
| Website | www |
Amod is a Bengali weekly newspaper published in Comilla, Bangladesh. [1] The long-running community newspaper claims to be the oldest weekly newspaper in the country as it has been published since 5 May 1955. [2] [3]
Mohammed Fazle Rabbi, who died 28 November 1994, was the founding editor of Amod. [4] Journalists who worked under him were Taheruddin Thakur, Anil Karmaker, and Mobarak Hossain Khan. The newspaper is operated by Rabbi's wife, Shamsun Nehar Rabbi, [5] and son, Bakin Rabbi, who is the printer, publisher and editor-in-chief. [3]
Although the Weekly Amod has faced competition from other weeklies, Mohammed Fazle Rabbi believed his first serious competitor was Comilla's first daily newspaper Rupashi Bangla, which started in 1979. [6]
Weekly Amod was recognized in 1985 by UNESCO after three decades of publishing news. [6] [3] The Amod remains competitive. Crispin C. Maslog in the book 5 Successful Asian Community Newspapers writes, "Amod continues to be the leading community newspaper in Comilla because it has been a steady, reliable source of information and the mouthpiece for community opinion in the past three decades." [6] Others say it is the long run of the newspaper that has given it a special authority within the Comilla community. [7]