[8][9] The Awami League government has twice closed down the newspaper, and both times its censorship occurred in conjunction with the arrests of editor Mahmudur Rahman.

[5][11] On 11 April 2013, he was arrested again for publishing the Skype conversations between Mohammed Nizamul Huq, the lead justice of Bangladesh's war crimes trials and Ahmed Ziauddin, and the suppression of the newspaper was continued by the Awami League government.

[12][13] Mosaddek Ali Falu, a former BNP politician, and Enayetur Rahman Bappi, NTV's managing director, officially launched Amar Desh on 23 September 2004.

[6] The Awami League government has shut down Amar Desh twice, both times coinciding with the arrest of its editor, Mahmudur Rahman, and imposed censorship on the newspaper.

On April 11, 2013, Rahman was arrested again after Amar Desh published leaked Skype conversations between the Chief Justice of Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal and Ahmed Ziauddin, leading to further suppression of the newspaper.

All necessary approvals, including clearance from the DC office, Department of Films and Publications (DFP), and the Special Branch, have already been obtained to relaunch its print newspaper.

[3] About the purpose of Amar Desh, Mahmudur Rahman, the owner and editor, said, Our main objective is to wage a battle against corruption, protect our independence and uphold national and people's interest above everything else.

[24]In 2010, Rahman described Amar Desh's approach: "I have in my journalism exposed the government's record on corruption and human rights abuses extensively.

[25] The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and other organisations have said that the Awami League government has conducted "judicial harassment" against Mahmudur Rahman and his paper.

[5][6][30] However, the Supreme Court sentenced Rahman to prison for contempt for a 10 May Amar Desh article, headlined, "Farce in the name of independent justice," for which he served 9 months, 17 days.

[13][35] Magistrate Nasrin Sultana filed a suit against Sangram's publisher and editor Abul Asad Saturday for printing issues of Amar Desh.

[38] Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Amar Desh could resume printing from another site once it had an order from Dhaka's magistrate.

[40] Among them are: In 2005, Bangladesh police attacked and beat Nayeem Parvez, a photojournalist, and 6 other journalists from other outlets when they were covering a protest about a student who had been killed in a traffic-related accident.

[43] Zakaria Mahmud and six journalists from other newspapers received death threats in the mail from someone who sent the letters from Bagerhat who did not like the reporting about a member of parliament.

[46] A member of parliament ordered the beating of Amar Desh journalist Mizanur Rahman Kawser in Comilla before he was turned over to the police and his house was ransacked.

[48] In 2007, the building housing NTV, RTV and Amar Desh, which were all owned at the time by Mosaddek Ali Falu, were burned down killing 3 and injuring around 100, less than one month after his arrest on 5 February.

[56] Amar Desh published on 6 April 2012 the photograph of a man whose identity was unknown at the time and who had been murdered and found by the Tangail police.

[34] On 6 December 2012, Amar Desh published an article called Imams form human chain against oppression of Alems.