- Ajker Kagoj
The Daily "Ajker Kagoj" ( _bn. আজকের কাগজ "Ajker Kagoj" "Today's Paper") was a
Bengali language newspaper published inDhaka ,Bangladesh . Launched in 1991 under the editorship ofNaimul Islam Khan , it established itself as a modern genreBengali language newspaper .The newspaper was first published in 1991 and by 2007 had grown to employ 225 journalists and staff.cite news |title=Ajker Kagoj shut down |url=http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southasia.asp?parentid=78280 |accessdate=2007-12-12 |date=2007-09-20 |publisher=The Asia Institute, University of California |work=
AsiaMedia ]On July 10, 2004 an Ajker Kagoj reporter received a death threat describing him and the newspaper as an "enemy of Islam" and warning that he would "die within a month." [cite news |title=2004 News Alert |url=http://www.cpj.org/news/2004/Bangla13july04na.html |accessdate=2007-12-12 |date=2004-07-13 |work=Committee to Protect Journalists] On August 22, 2004 another reporter from the newspaper was murdered while gathering material for a story on organised crime in the south-eastern town of
Manikchhari . [cite web| title=Bangladesh:Annual Report 2005| publisher=Reporters Without Borders| month=January| year=2005| url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13423| accessdate=2007-12-12]Ajker Kogaj ceased publication on
September 20 2007 as a result of continued financial difficulties. In a statement, the editor Kazi Sahed Ahmad guaranteed that all staff would receive their pay and entitlements. [cite news |title=Bangla daily Ajker Kagoj shut down |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=11791 |accessdate=2007-12-12 |date=2007-09-20 |work=The Financial Express]References
External links
* [http://www.ajkerkagoj.com Official website] (currently offline)
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