''Amod'' is a

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weekly

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published in

Comilla Comilla (), officially spelled Cumilla, is a metropolis on the banks of the Gomti River in eastern Bangladesh. Comilla was one of the cities of ancient Bengal. It was once the capital of Tripura kingdom. Comilla Airport is located in the Duli ...

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. The long-running community newspaper claims to be the oldest weekly newspaper in the country as it has been published since 5 May 1955.

Staff

Mohammed Fazle Rabbi, who died 28 November 1994, was the founding editor of ''Amod''. Journalists who worked under him were

Taheruddin Thakur Taheruddin Thakur (died 17 February 2009) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the Minister of State for Information at the cabinet of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Career Thakur was arrested on 14 August 1996 over the assassination of ...

, Anil Karmaker, and Mobarak Hossain Khan. The newspaper is operated by Rabbi's wife, Shamsun Nehar Rabbi, and son, Bakin Rabbi, who is the printer, publisher and editor-in-chief.

Comilla market

Although the ''Weekly Amod'' has faced competition from other weeklies, Mohammed Fazle Rabbi believed his first serious competitor was Comilla's first daily newspaper ''Rupashi Bangla'', which started in 1979.

Recognition within Asia

''Weekly Amod'' was recognized in 1985 by UNESCO after three decades of publishing news. The ''Amod'' remains competitive. Crispin C. Maslog in the book ''5 Successful Asian Community Newspapers'' writes, "Amod continues to be the leading community newspaper in Comilla because it has been a steady, reliable source of information and the mouthpiece for community opinion in the past three decades." Others say it is the long run of the newspaper that has given it a special authority within the Comilla community.

References

{{Reflist Bengali-language newspapers published in Bangladesh Weekly newspapers published in Bangladesh 1955 establishments in East Pakistan Newspapers published in Comilla