Editors' Council () is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

Mahfuz Anam Mahfuz Anam (; born 18 June 1950) is a leading Bangladeshi journalist and public intellectual. He is the editor and publisher of '' The Daily Star'', which is the largest English newspaper in the country. He was elected chairman of the Asia Ne ...

of '' The Daily Star'' and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of ''

Bonik Barta ''Bonik Barta'' is a Bengali-language daily newspaper of Bangladesh. The newspaper is publishing from Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities a ...

'' are the president and general secretary of the council.

History

Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were AMM Bahauddin (''

Daily Inqilab ''The Daily Inqilab'' () is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It was founded by Maulana MA Mannan, on June 4, 1986. Its main slogan is ‘Only for the country and the people’. History In ...

''), Alamgir Mohiuddin (''

Daily Naya Diganta The ''Daily Naya Diganta'' () is a Bengali daily newspaper published in Bangladesh since 2004. History It is part of Diganta Media Corporation, which was owned by Mir Quasem Ali, politician of the Jamaat-e-Islami. The television channel, Dig ...

''),

Anwar Hossain Manju Anwar Hossain Manju (born 9 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali, Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas until January 2024. He was elected a ...

(''

The Daily Ittefaq ''The Daily Ittefaq'' (, Bangla pronunciation: ) 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. The newspape ...

''), A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain ('' The Financial Express''), Imdadul Haq Milon (''

Kaler Kantho ''Kaler Kantho'' () is one of the most popular Bengali newspapers in Bangladesh. It is a part of East West Media Group, which is a part of Bashundhara Group. The same group owns ''Bangladesh Pratidin'', '' Daily Sun'', News24, Banglanews24, ...

''), Khondoker Muniruzzaman (''

The Sangbad ''The Sangbad'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper, founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest newspaper in Bangladesh. History The Sangbad was founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its first ...

''), Mahbubul Alam (''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

''), Mostafa Kamal Majumder (''

The New Nation ''New Nation'' was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. The newspaper was launched in November 1996 by Richard Adeshiyan, the founding Editor who gave the title its name. the newspaper was Britain's Number 1 ...

''), MA Malek (''

The Azadi ''Daily Azadi'' () is a Bangladeshi newspaper published in Bangladesh. History ''The Azadi'' was first published on 5 September 1960. The paper was pro-democracy and supported various autonomy movements in East Pakistan. It was blacklisted by the ...

''), Mozammel Haque (Korotoa), Matiur Rahman (''

Prothom Alo ''Prothom Alo'' () is a Bengali language, Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB ...

''),

Naem Nizam Naem Nizam (born 5 November 1965) is a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, columnist, and editor of daily ''Bangladesh Pratidin''. Nizam is also the director of East West Media Group, the largest media conglomerate in Bangladesh. He is former CEO of ...

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Bangladesh Pratidin ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh. It was founded on 15 March 2010. ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country out of 345 newspapers published from Dhaka and el ...

''),

Shyamal Dutta Shyamal Dutta is a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of Bhorer Kagoj. He was the former general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club, the national press club of Bangladesh. He was the vice-chairman of Bangladesh Film Censor Board. He was also a memb ...

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Bhorer Kagoj ''Bhorer Kagoj'' ( ''Bhorer Kagoj'' "Dawn's Paper") is a major Bengali-language daily newspaper, published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The newspaper is published in both print and online formats. History ''Bhorer Kagoj'' began publications on 15 ...

''), and Taslim Uddin Chowdhury (''

Dainik Purbokone The Dainik Purbokone () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, and one of the leading newspapers published in Chittagong. The newspaper was founded in 1986. According to the data published by the Department of Films and Publications ...

''). Golam Sarwar (''

Samakal ''Samakal'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper is owned by Ha-Meem Group. It began publication in 2005. Golam Sarwar was the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018. In 2020, ...

'') was elected the first president,

('' The Daily Star'') was elected general secretary, and Matiur Rahman Chowdhury (''

Manab Zamin ''The Daily '' ( lit. People's Land) is a major daily tabloid newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the first and largest circulated Bengali tabloid daily in the world, with 19,000,000 monthly pageviews on ...

'') the treasurer. The council has campaigned against the section 32 of the Digital Security Act, which they described as an attack on freedom of speech. The council also protested the filling of case under the Digital Security Act against Manabzamin and its Editor-in-Chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury by Saifuzzaman Shikhor, Member of Parliament from

Magura-1 Magura-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila, Magura Municipality, and nine union par ...

. Mahfuz Anam of ''The Daily Star'' and Naem Nizam of ''Bangladesh Pratidin'' were elected the president and general secretary of the council in September 2019. But Naem Nizam had resigned from his post in protest against what he termed the council chief Mahfuz Anam's "unethical" activities. Then Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of ''

'' and deputy general secretary of the organisation, becomes acting general secretary of the council. In March 2022, Anam and Mahmud was again appointed as the president and the general secretary of Editors' Council.

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