Bartaman
 Bartaman |
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 Front page of 20 January 2009 |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Bartaman Pvt. Ltd |
| Editor | Subha Dutta |
| Founded | December 1984 |
| Political alignment | Independent[1] |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | 6, J.B.S. Haldane Avenue, Kolkata-700 105 |
| Circulation | 530,000 daily |
| Official website | bartamanpatrika.com |
Bartaman Patrika (Bengali: বর্তমান) is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has four other simultaneous editions, published daily from four major towns of West Bengal -- Siliguri, Burdwan, Malda and Midnapore. Bartaman is the second-most widely read Bengali newspaper in India after Anandabazar Patrika.[2]
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[edit] History
The newspaper was founded by Barun Sengupta (1934-2008), a journalist of Calcutta in December 1984. Mr. Sengupta breathed his last on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata.[3]
Since April 2002, Bartaman Patrika has published an online version.
[edit] The company
Bartaman Pvt. Ltd
[edit] Competition
Bartaman's main competitor is Anandabazar Patrika which is being published since 1922. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, as per readership and circulation is concerned.
[edit] References
- ^ "World Newspapers and Magazines". Worldpress.org. http://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/ASIA/India.cfm. Retrieved 30 December 2006.
- ^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 — Quarter 1". Newswatch.in. June 30, 2010. http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/7988. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
- ^ http://www.bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2009/january/140109/content/main6.htm
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Bartaman ePaper (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)
