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Prothom Alo Newspaper Information

Prothom Alo is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language.

Prothom Alo was founded on 4 November 1998. As at January 2009, it had an average circulation of 435,000. It has distinguished itself by its investigations of acid attacks and violence against women, pushing for tougher laws against the sale of acid, and for being the first Bangladeshi newspaper to report on the training of militants at Islamic schools (or madrasas). Prothom Alo helped to popularise Mathematics in Bangladesh. It organized Mathematics Olympiad for the first time in Bangladesh in 2003. It is one of the main sponsors and the main organizer of Bangladesh Mathematics Olympiad.