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Daily Qaumi Bandhan (Bengali: দৈনিক কওমি বন্ধন; lit. "national unity" [22]) was a Bengali language newspaper published in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It has the reputation of being the only main Bengali newspaper in the country that catered specifically to the large Bengali community in Pakistan.
But the name changed after independence of Bangladesh. It exchanges news with AFP, Xinhua, Press Trust of India (PTI), APP(Pakistan) and other foreign agencies. [10] [33] United News of Bangladesh (UNB) is a private news agency in service since 1988. It partners with AP, United News of India (UNI), and other foreign agencies. [10] [34]
In more recent times, the Bengali population has seen a decline as the journey from Bangladesh is dangerous and crosses the tense India-Pakistan border. [12] [13] Furthermore, given the tense ethnic rivalries and lack of social acceptance in Pakistan, Bengalis have now been migrating elsewhere. [13]
The most-widely spoken first language in the country is Punjabi, spoken by the Punjabi people, forming a majority in the Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory. Punjabi is followed by Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, [a] Urdu, and Balochi; while more than 70 other languages like Shina, Balti, Gujarati, [28] Bengali, [29] etc. are also spoken.
Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, [10] [11] [12] with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It is the second-most widely spoken language in India .
Category for newspapers in Bengali published primarily in India or Bangladesh, although newspapers published in any location as long as published in Bengali may be included. Bengali-language newspapers. For Bengali-language newspapers published in Bengali speaking countries, please see/use subcategories under: Category: Newspapers by country.
India has the second-largest newspaper market in the world, with daily newspapers reporting a combined circulation of over 240 million copies as of 2018. [2] [3] There are publications produced in each of the 22 scheduled languages of India and in many of the other languages spoken throughout the country.
The Daily Ittefaq (Bengali: দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক, romanized: Dôinik Ittefāk, Bangla pronunciation: [ˈd̪ɔinik ˈit̪ːefak]), is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1949 by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan , it is the oldest and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh.