Dhaka Tribune
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| description | English-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh |
| language | English |
| Headquarters | Dhaka |
| First edition | 2013 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Editor-in-chief | Zafar Sobhan |
| editor | Kazi Anis Ahmed |
| Web link | www.dhakatribune.com/ |
The Dhaka Tribune is an English-language daily newspaper founded in Bangladesh in 2013 . The establishment of the newspaper was officially announced in a ceremony at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on April 13, 2013. The owner is 2A Media Ltd under its chairman Kazi Zahin Hasan. According to the editors, the newspaper aims to raise the level of political debate in Bangladesh. It sees itself as politically independent and, according to its own statement, is committed to the basic values of the country, "in particular democracy, national sovereignty and secularism" and wants to "contribute to the development of a proper, just and tolerant society".
The newspaper has taken very liberal positions on controversial social issues on several occasions. In an article on August 29, 2013, she advocated the decriminalization of same-sex relationships. The newspaper also reported extensively and critically on the murders of secularists carried out by Islamists and warned against Islamic extremism.
Web links
- Dhaka Tribune , website of the newspaper (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dhaka Tribune launched. (No longer available online.) Dhaka Tribune, April 19, 2013, archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Dhaka Tribune: About us. Dhaka Tribune, accessed January 21, 2016 .
- ↑ Decriminalising same-sex relations. (No longer available online.) Dhaka Tribune, August 29, 2013, archived from the original on January 28, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Lisa Curtis: Why the extremist threat in Bangladesh needs to be taken seriously. (No longer available online.) Dhaka Tribune, Nov 13, 2015, archived from the original on Jan 2, 2016 ; accessed on January 21, 2016 (English).