Shaptahik 2000

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Shaptahik 2000 was a Bengali-language magazine that was published weekly from 1998 to 2014. The magazine was published by Mediaworld Ltd, a concern of Transcom Group of Bangladesh. [1] [2]

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Shaptahik 2000 was established in 1998. Its founding editor was Shahadat Chowdhury. The publisher of the magazine was Mahfuz Anam, the editor of The Daily Star. [3] On 12 March 2005, Shumi Khan, the Chittagong correspondent of the magazine, received threats from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. This threat was issued after Shumi wrote an article that accused Shahjahan Chowdhury, a Member of Parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, of supporting terrorism. [4]

In 2007 the magazine published an autobiographical article by Daud Haider, a Bangladesh writer exiled in 1973 for criticising Islam. The magazine, its editor, Golam Mortuza, and publisher, Mahfuz Anam, were sued by Mohammad Reza, an administrative officer of Al Jamia Al Islamia Islamic University over the publication of the writing by Daud Haider. [5] [6] The government of Bangladesh confiscated all copies of the issue with Daud Haider's writing the editor of the magazine issued a public apology. [7] [8] The Home Ministry secretary Abdul Karim criticised the publication of the article by the magazine. [9]

Moinul Ahsan Saber, the editor of the magazine, announced that the magazine would be discontinued after 31 October 2014. The decision to close the magazine was taken by the publisher, Mahfuz Anam, due to falling revenue. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shaptahik 2000". etradelisting.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Shaptahik 2000, Anandadhara celebrate 12th anniversary". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Shaptahik 2000 closed after 17 years". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Death threats made against at least five journalists within one week". RSF (in French). Reporters without borders. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Shaptahik 2000 editor, publisher, writer sued". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Case filed against Shaptahik 2000 editor, publisher, writer in Ctg". The Daily Star. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Violence over Bangladesh cartoon". 21 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Relations, House, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senate, Committee on Foreign (2008). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. Government Printing Office. p. 2165. ISBN   9780160813993 . Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Eid issue of Shaptahik 2000 banned". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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