Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Transcom Group |
Founder(s) | Syed Mohammad Ali |
Editor | Mahfuz Anam |
Founded | January 14, 1991 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 64–65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215 |
Website | thedailystar |
The Daily Star is a daily English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. It has more readers in the country than any other English language newspaper.[1] Syed Mohammed Ali started the paper on 14 January 1991.
Its motto is "Committed to People's Right to Know." The newspaper is led by Mahfuz Anam. He is a member of Mukti Bahini,[2] He was also a United Nations official.[3] Its main offices are in Dhaka and Chittagong.
The Daily Star is owned by Mediaworld. Latifur Rahman's Transcom Group owns much of it.[4] The Transcom Group also owns Prothom Alo. This is one of the most widely read Bengali newspapers in the world.[5]