Bartaman
{{Short description|Indian newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Bartaman
বর্তমান
| logo = Bartaman logo 2023.png
| image = BartamanFront.JPG
| caption = Front page of 20 January 2009
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|December 1984}}
| ceased publication =
| price =
| owners = Bartaman Pvt. Ltd
| publisher =
| editor = Himangshu Sinha
| chiefeditor =
| assoceditor =
| staff =
| language = Bengali
| circulation = 635,296 Daily{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202019%20Highest%20Circulated%20(language%20wise).pdf | title=Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)| publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations |access-date=5 January 2020}}
| circulation_date = December 2019
| headquarters = 6, J.B.S. Haldane Avenue, Kolkata-700105, India, 0336622 0330
| publishing_country = India
| ISSN =
| website = {{URL|https://bartamanpatrika.com/}}
}}
Bartaman Patrika ({{langx|bn|বর্তমান}}) is an Indian Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India, by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has three other simultaneous editions, published daily from three major towns of West Bengal: Siliguri, Bardhaman, and Midnapore. Bartaman is the second-most widely circulated Bengali newspaper in West Bengal after Anandabazar Patrika.
History
The newspaper was founded on 7 December 1984 by Barun Sengupta, a former Anandabazar Patrika journalist. Sengupta died on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata.{{cite web |url=http://www.bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2009/january/140109/content/main6.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-16 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422044523/http://www.bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2009/january/140109/content/main6.htm |archive-date=22 April 2009 }}
During the Left Front regime, Bartaman Patrika was known for his staunch anti-communist and anti-establishment views. However, they have been loyal supporter to the present Bengal Government after 2011 Elections. Since April 2002, Bartaman Patrika has published an online version and in the year of 2006 Bartaman launched its Mobile App version. Also in 2022 Bartaman published Hindi daily named Bartaman Patrika.
Competition
Bartaman{{'}}s main competitor is Anandabazar Patrika, published since 1922. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, by readership and circulation; its daily circulation is roughly about 60% of that of Anandabazar Patrika.{{Cite web|title=India – World Newspapers and Magazines – Worldpress.org|url=https://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/ASIA/India.cfm|access-date=2020-08-21|website=worldpress.org}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://bartamanpatrika.com/}} {{in lang|bn}}
- History of [http://indianenews.com/bartaman-patrika-bengali-newspaper/ Bartaman Patrika] Bengali Newspaper
{{Newspapers in India}}
Category:Newspapers published in Kolkata
Category:Bengali-language newspapers published in India