''The Morning News'' was a right-wing English language newspaper published from Dhaka.

History

''The Morning News'' started as a weekly English language newspaper in Kolkata. It was owned by Khwaja Nooruddin who was a relative of the

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, and Sir

Khawaja Nazimuddin Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin (19 July 1894 – 22 October 1964), also spelled Khwaja Nazimuddin, was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the second Governor-General of Pakistan from 1948 to 1951, and later as the second Prime Minister ...

. It moved to Dhaka on 20 March 1949 following the

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. On 25 December 1949, it started publishing as a daily newspaper. The editor of the newspaper was Badruddin. In 1960's, The National Press Trust, which was a government-owned organization, took over and operated directly a number of the more prominent newspapers. Among these were two of the three principal English-language newspapers, the Pakistan Times, which has the largest circulation, and the Morning News. On 24 January 1971, the offices of ''The Morning News'' and the other pro-

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junta newspaper, ''

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'', were burned down by protestors. On 2 March 1971, Pakistani soldiers shot at protesters outside the newspaper office at DIT intersection around 9:30 pm. After the

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in 1971 Shamsul Huda became the editor. The newspaper was banned in 1975 by the

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government.

Ideology

''The Morning News'' was supportive of the Muslim League faction led by Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin. ''The Morning News'' was against the Language Movement in 1952. It called the movement demanding Bengali be made the state language of Pakistan a conspiracy of Indians and

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s. The newspaper took a communal stance.

References

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