Holiday (newspaper)

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The Weekly Holiday
TypeWeekly
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Holiday Publications Limited
PublisherHoliday Publications Limited
EditorSayed Kamaluddin
Founded1 August 1965
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Websitewww.weeklyholiday.net

The Weekly Holiday is an independent Friday English-language newsweekly in Bangladesh. Founded by the late eminent journalist Enayetullah Khan in 1965, it was one of the most influential newspapers in East Pakistan and was known for its outspoken stance against successive Pakistani regimes.[1][2] In newly independent Bangladesh, it was a staunch critic of the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and was briefly banned in 1975.[3] Since the 1990s, however, the paper has seen a significant decline in circulation. It enjoys close ties with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Akkas, Abu Jar M (2012). "Holiday, The". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ Lawrence Lifschultz, Bangladesh, the unfinished revolution, pages 39, 66, 151, Zed Press, 1979, ISBN 978-0-905762-07-4
  3. ^ Hemen Ray, The enduring friendship: Soviet-Indian relations in Mrs. Gandhi's days, page 83, Abhinav Publications, 1989, ISBN 81-7017-249-7