According to the data published by the Department of Films and Publications, under the Ministry of Information, on 28 August 2019, its circulation of 62,100 copies was the largest of the national dailies published from Chittagong.

[1] In the assessment of the Bangladesh Press Institute in 1994, Purbokone was mentioned as the best daily.

[2] Purbokone was founded by Mohammad Yusuf Chowdhury in 1986.

In 2007, Taslim became the chairman of Purbokone Group and serves the daily as chief editor till his death in 2017.

[5] The current editor of the daily is M Ramiz Uddin Chowdhury.