Amar Desh being republished

Mahmudur Rahman, publisher and editor of the daily Amar Desh, has said the vernacular daily will be republished by December this year.

He said at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club on Friday.

Awami League government cancelled the license of the daily on June 1, 2010, forcing the closure of the newspaper and making its journalists and workers jobless.

Addressing the press conference Mahmudur Rahman said, “Fascist Sheikh Hasina government completely destroyed the printing press of the Amar Desh. There has been a total loss of about Taka 35 crore, including Taka 25 crore for the damage of printing machineries and Taka 10 crore in terms of loss of newspaper and other materials.”

“It will take time to install a new printing press and get preparation for publication of the daily afresh. But, the country need a newspaper like Amar Desh to encounter the ongoing conspiracies against the country,” he said.

Mahmudur Rahman said, “I will bring Amar Desh back to your hands and the daily will once again speak for the people. It will speak against Indian hegemony and the looters.”

JPC President Poet Hasan Hafiz, BFUJ former President and Managing Director of Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust M Abdullah, News editor of Daily Amar Desh Zahed Chowdhury, acting secretary general of BFUJ Basir Jamal and DUJ General Secretary Khurshid Alam, among others, were present.