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Dainik Janakantha Newspaper Information

Dainik Janakantha is a Bengali language daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is owned by the Globe group (Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar). This newspaper was first published on 21 February 1993.

In Bangladesh Janakantha was published and edited by Shafik Rehman, but he lost the editorship of Janakantha in 2008 for his stand against a military-backed government. Kazi Rukanuddin Ahmed is now the acting editor. Syeed Hossain Chowdhury is now the Chairman of the Board of Editors. Mahmud Al Faisal is now the Executive Editor. It used to be published as a weekly until mid 2006 at which point it became a daily. It came into fame during the 1980s due to its modern outlook and strong stance against the military ruler Hossain Mohammad Ershad. At one point it was banned by Ershad. It started republication after democracy was restored in 1991.