In the 1980s, 'Saptahik Khaborer Kagoj', also published by Kazi Shahid Ahmed, became a popular weekly for its firm stand in favour of the masses during the Movement against the Autocrat.
[1] On 10 July 2004, an Ajker Kagoj reporter received a death threat describing him and the newspaper as an "enemy of Islam" and warning that he would be "killed within a month.
"[2] On 22 August 2004, Kamal Hossain, another reporter from the newspaper, was murdered while collecting data for a story on organized crime in the south-eastern town of Manikchhari.
The newspaper became predominantly vocal against repeated efforts made by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government to reinstate Golam Azam as a citizen of the country.
[6] In a statement, editor Kazi Sahed Ahmad announced all of the newspaper's 225 journalists and other staffers would receive their salary and arrears, which was maintained afterward.