The Azadi

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The Azadi
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)MA Malek
FoundedAugust 5, 1960;60 years ago (1960-08-05)
Political alignmentLiberal
LanguageBengali
Website http://dainikazadi.net/

The Azadi is Bangladeshi newspaper published in Chittagong, Bangladesh. [1]

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History

The Azadi was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in East Pakistan. It was blacklisted by the Pakistani Government for a year and banned from receiving government advertisement. It stopped publishing for three months during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mamtaz, Ahmad. "Azadi, The". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 23 December 2016.