Samakal is a Bengali language

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 daily newspaper published in Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

, 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...

. Samakal started publishing in 31 May, 2005. As of 2007, the circulation of Samakal is around 200,000.

Golam Sarwar, a famous journalist serves here as Editor. Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.M. Shahab Udding serves here as Executive Director, Abu Sayeed Khan serves as Managing Editor of the newsdaily. Abed Khan

Abed Khan

Abed Khan is a prominent Journalist & Columnist of Bangladesh. He was born on 16 April 1945, in the village named Rasulpur, Khulna district. His maternal grandfather was one of the renowned journalists in British-India. Father of Abed Khan also advanced along the same path...

 was also here as editor.

Regular columnists

Famous columnist

Columnist

A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

s regularly write in this newspaper. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury contributes every week in `Kaler Ayna (The Mirror of the Time)'. Hasan Azizul Huq

Hasan Azizul Huq

Hasan Azizul Huq is a Bangladeshi writer, reputed for his short stories. He was born on 2 February 1939 in Jabgraam in Burdwan district of West Bengal, India...

, the famous story writer of the sub continent, is another columnist. Justice Habibur Rahman, the former chief advisor of the Bangladesh caretaker government is a regular columnist. Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Shahriar Kabir, Badruddin Omar,economist Anu Muhammad, Abu Ahmed, and dramatist Mamunur Rashid also write columns.

Supplements

`Kaler Kheya (Boat of the Time)', the most popular literary magazine of this time, is one of the weekly supplements of Samakal. Prominent young poet Masud Hassan edited this supplement. The other weekly supplements are 'Nandan', `Shaili', 'Campus', 'Kurir Pore (after 20)', 'Taka Aana Pai (Economy)', 'Naristhan (Women Platform)', 'Champion' and 'Ghassfaring (page for children)'. 'Suhreed Samabesh (Platform of Welwishers)' is the reader organization of this daily. Jointly with Oxfam GB, Samakal recently published a magazine on Climate Change of Bangladesh.

Journalists

• Associate Editor: Md. Younus Ali ( Sabuj Younus)
• News Editor: Md. Abu Bakar Chowdhury
• Feature Editor: Nasir Ahmed
• Sports Editor : Rana Hasan
• Additional News Editor: Tapan Das
• Chief Reporter: Shahed Chowdhury

General Departments

• Abul Khair Chowdhury serves as General Manager (Marketing)
• Kamruzzaman Khan serves as Deputy General Manager (Accounts)
• Shamsuzaman Khan serves as IT Manager
• Rawnak Zahed Chowdhury serves as Manager Administration.

Events & Promotions

The news paper has event and promotion section.Imran Kadir serves as the Event Manager. Various social, cultural, branding & promotional events, round table conferences,seminars, television programs and many more running on under supervision of this section.

Threats

From its beginning at 2005, the paper's journalists have been working despite threats and dangers. In 2005, Goutam Das, who worked as Faridpur (Bureau Chief), was murdered. In 2006, ruling party cadres attacked Samakal Rajshahi Bureau office and Shiblee Noman, the Bureau Chief was assaulted.