Bangladesh Pratidin

[1] Bangladesh Pratidin tops the list of highest circulated dailies in the country out of 345 newspapers published from Dhaka and elsewhere, the information minister told parliament 10 March 2014.

[16] On 24 June 2020, the chief news editor of Bangladesh Pratidin, Mashuk Chowdhury, died in Rushmono Specialised Hospital.

B. Mirza Azizul Islam, Anwara Begum, Arifa Parvin Zaman Moushumi, Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Hafizuddin Ahmed, Helal Hafiz, Jewel Aich, Kangalini Sufia, Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, Monirul Islam, Mustapha Khalid Palash, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Samanta Lal Sen, Selina Hossain, Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Syed Abdul Hadi, and Zafar Imam.

[23] In April 2014, former State Minister of Primary and Mass Education, Motahar Hossain, filed a lawsuit against the editor and publisher of Bangladesh Pratidin, Naem Nizam and Moynal Hossain Chowdhury respectively, over a news item in the paper on 9 April 2014 titled Sabekder Amalnama: Ration Dealer Sabek Protimontri Motaharer Shato Koti Taka.

[25] The duo secured an anticipatory bail from Justices Obaidul Hassan and Krishna Debnath of the Bangladesh High Court on 15 January 2018.

[26] In February 2017 the Savar based correspondent of the paper was arrested by Bangladesh Police for fermenting labor unrest, attacking factories, and stealing garments.

[27][28] In February 2018, two leaders of the Awami League in Bogra filed two defamation case against four journalists of Bangladesh Pratidin for a report that alleged they were involved in the Ya ba trade.

[31][32] In August 2021, Azizul Haque Arzu, former member of parliament, sued a correspondent of Bangladesh Pratidin in Pabna District under the Digital Security Act over a news report.

[34] Barrister M Sarwar Hossain filed a defamation case under the Digital Security Act against seven staff of Bangladesh Pratidin, including publisher and editor, in 2021 accusing the newspaper of running false and defamatory news against him.

[40] According to the book The Rohingya Crisis and the Two-Faced God of Janus by Rafiqul Islam, Muhammad Mazedul Haque, Umme Wara, Abdullah Yusuf, Roberta Dumitriu, and Mehdi Chowdhury Bangladesh Pratidin has contributed to the negative view of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by publishing negative news on the refugees.

[46] Bangladesh Pratidin journalist, Ruhul Amin Rasel, received the 'Centre for NRB (non-resident Bangladeshis) Award-2020' at the World Conference Series-2020.