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Janakantha
Daily Janakantha (Bengali: দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ Dainik Janakanṭha "Daily People's Voice") is a Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] It is owned by Janakantha Shilpa Paribar (GJSP).[2] HistoryThis newspaper was first published on 21 February 1993. Mohammad Atikullah Khan Masud was the editor of the newspaper till his death.[3][4][5] Janakantha created Janakantha Gunijan Sammanana and Pratibha Sammanana awards.[6] In 1999, Bangladesh Army personnel defused a landmine left at the newspaper office by suspected Islamist militants.[7]  Mohammad Atikullah Khan Masud, editor of Janakantha, was arrested by joint forces on 7 March 2007 from Janakantha Bhaban.[8] He was charged with using fraud to get designs approved for two buildings in Hosseini Dalan Road from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha.[8] Tanzeena Ismail, Judge of Special Court-6, sentenced him to seven years imprisonment.[8] In October 2007 a fraud case was withdrawn against him after he settled the matter out of court with the accuser.[9] The accuser had alleged Masud had taken a deposit for a flat which he had not provided or returned the deposit.[9] A former reporter of Janakantha, Aghore Mondal, threaten legal action after the newspaper accused him of using its name to secure accredations for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[10] In January 2009, the editor of Janakantha, Mohammad Atikullah Khan Masud secured bail in four corruption cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.[11] Justice Md Shamsul Huda and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiquee of the High Court Division acquitted him in a corruption case.[12] An auto-rickshaw carrying journalists of the Janakantha was shot at killing the driver and a nearby rickshaw-puller in April 2015.[13] On 29 July 2015, a contempt of court verdict was issued against Janakantha, editor Swadesh Roy, and publisher Atiqullah Khan Masud over a report on Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.[14] The Appellate Division adjourned the hearing following an appeal by the defendants.[14] The two were found guilty of contempt of court and fined 10 thousand BDT which was to be donated to a charity.[15] Former president of Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Association Arfan Uddin Khan filed a defamation case over a report on the newspaper which alleged a judge was writing the verdict against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia after retirement.[16][17] Arrest warrants were issued against Atiqullah Khan Masud, Toab Khan, and Swadesh Roy.[16] Executive Editor Swadesh Roy was one of the founders of the Editors Guild, Bangladesh in 2018.[18] On 12 April 2021, ten journalists who had been terminated from the newspaper where attacked as they were protesting outside the newspaper office.[2] The injured journalists were treated at the Dhaka Community Hospital.[2] Atikullah Khan Masud, editor of Janakantha, died at the age of 71.[19] Salman F Rahman support loans from state owned Bank for the holding company of the newspaper, Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar.[20] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, the Habiganj correspondent of the newspaper was sued on charges of attacking students protesting against Hasina.[21] IdeologyThe newspaper has a secular to liberal political leaning and is published in both print and online versions.[citation needed] See alsoReferences
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