''Daily Azadi'' () is a

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newspaper published in

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History

''The Azadi'' was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in

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. It was blacklisted by the

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for a year and banned from receiving government advertisement. It stopped publishing for three months during the

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. Abdul Khaleq was the founding editor and publisher of Azadi. At first, the price of the magazine was two annas (12 paise). After Khaleq's death, his son-in-law Md. Mohammad Khaled took over as editor in 1962. MA Malek has been in charge of the newspaper since 2003 after his death.

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