''Dainik Jugasankha'', also transliterated ''Dainik Yugashankha'', () is a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

daily newspaper published simultaneously from

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...

, Siliguri and

Durgapur Durgapur (), is an industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producin ...

. With a circulation of around 150,000 copies, it is one of the top ten newspapers in Assam.

History

''Dainik Jugasankha'' was founded by Barta Bhagirath Baidyanath Nath, or Baidyanath Nath, in 1950, where it was published from Silchar. The newspaper expanded in the 21st century publishing from Guwahati beginning in 2000 and then from Dibrugarh in 2006.In the middle of 2015, Kolkata Edition of ''Dainik Jugasankha'' started. In 2016, ''Jugasankha'' started publishing its Siliguri Edition. From 2019, Dibrugarh Edition became only a print edition and Durgapur Edition started its function.

Literary award

The Dainik Jugasankha Group presents an annual literary prize for the Bengali language, Jugasankha Sahitya Puraskar, that is described as prestigious and it began awards for journalists in 2013. * 2014 Literary Prize: Swarnali Biswas Bhattacharjee * 2013 Literary Prize: Atin Das, poet and former editor of ''Dainik Jugasankha'' * 2012 Literary Prize: Usharanjan Bhattacharjee * 2011 Literary Prize : Dr. Topodhir Bhattacharjee, former VC of Assam University, Silchar. * 2010 Literary Prize: Bikash Sarkar

Other Activity

''Dainik Jugasankha'' promotes sports activities. Jugasankha Prize money Cup Football Tournament (started in 2005) and Baidyanath Nath Memorial Trophy Prize money Cricket Tournament (started in 2001) are two inter-school sports tournaments which are organised by DSA, Silchar.

References

External links

''Dainik Jugasankha''

Bengali-language newspapers published in India Newspapers established in 1950 1950 establishments in Assam Newspapers published in Kolkata {{India-newspaper-stub