Daily Sun (Bangladesh)

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Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2010. It also operates an English news portal www.daily-sun.com and a Bangla news portal www.bangla.daily-sun.com, apart from maintaining a website www.edailysun.com for the e-version of the published copies. The main paper has 24 pages including 4 pages on business and 2 on sports. Daily Sun is owned by East West Media Group, a concern of Bashundhara Group.

Daily Sun

Logo of Daily Sun
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	East West Media Group Limited (EWMGL)
Publisher	Maynal Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of East West Media Group Limited
Editor	Enamul Hoque Chowdhury
Founded	October 24, 2010
Language	English and Bangla
Headquarters	East West Media Group Limited, Plot No: 371/A, Block No: D, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara, Dhaka -1229
Website	daily-sun.com

Description

The Daily Sun is an English-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1] Also it publishes bangla-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 2016 of 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:^[7]

• Groove
• The Hood
• Morning Tea

See also

• List of newspapers in Bangladesh

References

1. "Daily Sun, Kaler Kantho, Bangladesh Protidin sued". 2012-01-08. from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
2. "Welcome "daily sun"". 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
3. "Newspapers snatched". The Daily Star. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
4. . Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
5. "Press Council serves notice on Daily Sun". The Daily Star. 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
6. "Press Council serves notices on 2 dailies". The Daily Star. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
7. . Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

External links

• Official website
• (archived)