''The Daily Sylheter Dak'' ( bn, সিলেটের ডাক) popularly known as the ''Sylheter Dak'', is a local daily newspaper in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
, published from
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climat ...
in the
Bengali language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken o ...
. The ''Sylheter Dak'' was founded on 18 July 1984. The newspaper, more than 30 years old, is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Sylhet.
Publication
The head office of the ''Sylheter Dak'' is located in Modhubon Supermarket, Bandar, Sylhet. Despite being the most widely circulated and popular among the local daily newspapers of Sylhet, the ''Sylheter Dak'', published from
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climat ...
, was ordered to stop its publication in 2017, following the
High Court's rule, when the owner was convicted. This order took place against the newspaper in accordance with the section 20 of the ''Printing, Press and Publication Act 1973''. That order was postponed later.
The ''Weekly Sylheter Dak'', a
London
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-based weekly, was first published on 29 September 1996 by Bangladesh Media (UK) Ltd.
See also
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List of newspapers in Bangladesh
This list of newspapers in Bangladesh is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Bangladesh. Newspapers published in Bangladesh are written in Bengali or English language versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in b ...
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Sylhet Protidin
''Sylhet Protidin'' is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Sylhet in the Bengali language. In 2007, the paper's editor, Ahmed Noor, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion
Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an anti-crime ...
''
References
External links
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Bengali-language newspapers published in Bangladesh
Daily newspapers published in Bangladesh
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