Dhaka Courier is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i English language weekly newsmagazine

Newsmagazine

A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...

. In publication since 1984, it is the longest-running English newsmagazine in Bangladesh and has a readership of 12,000 people, mostly among the urban elite and expatriate community of the country. The magazine is part of the Cosmos Group, which also contains other subsidiaries in the media, notably United News Bangladesh (UNB), the oldest private-run news agency in Bangladesh.

Dhaka Courier has been noted for its sharp focus on Bangladesh's political culture and human rights situation. It has attracted leading South Asian columnists, including Kuldip Nayar

Kuldip Nayar

Kuldip Nayar is a veteran Indian journalist and syndicated columnist, noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator.-Early life and education:Nayar was born at Sialkot, Punjab, British India on 14 August 1923....

, Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country....

, Hassan Askari Rizvi, Syed Badrul Ahsan, Muhammad Zamir, Raana Haider and Achintya Sen, among others, to contribute to its content. Bangladeshi businessman Enayetullah Khan is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, and in July 2009, Shayan S. Khan succeeded Rowshan Zaman as Managing Editor. The editorial board also consists of Afsan Chowdhury and Naushad Reza.