Daily Sun (Bangladesh)

Daily Sun

Logo of Daily Sun
Type	Daily Newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	East West Media Group Limited
Publisher	Maynal Hossain Chowdhury
Editor	Md. Rezaul Karim Lotus
Founded	October 24, 2010
Language	English with Bangla (Online)
Headquarters	East West Media Group Limited, Plot No: 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka -1229
Website	daily-sun.com

Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010. It also operates an English news portal and a Bangla news portal, apart from maintaining a website 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

The Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ^[1] Also it publishes Bengali-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 in 2016 due to 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

Its weekly supplements include:

• Groove
• The Hood
• Morning Tea

See also

• List of newspapers in Bangladesh

References

1. "Daily Sun, Kaler Kantho, Bangladesh Protidin sued". The Daily Star. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
2. "Welcome "daily sun"". The Daily Star. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
3. "Newspapers snatched". The Daily Star. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
4. "Journo Santosh Mandal no more". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
5. "Press Council serves notice on Daily Sun". The Daily Star. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
6. "Press Council serves notices on 2 dailies". The Daily Star. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Daily-sun Bangla Version (archived)