Samakal

{{Short description|Bengali-language daily newspaper}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Samakal

| logo = Daily Samakal.svg

| image = Samakal Newspaper Front Page.jpeg

| caption = 08-09-2023 cover of Samakal.

| editor = Alamgir Hossain

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = 31 May 2005{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

| owners = Ha-Meem Group

| publisher = Abul Kalam Azad

| language = Bengali

| circulation =

| headquarters = Dhaka, Bangladesh

| oclc =

| ISSN =

| website = {{URL|samakal.com}}

}}

Samakal ({{langx|bn|সমকাল|lit=Contemporary}}) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The paper is owned by Ha-Meem Group. It began publication in 2005.{{cite book |last=Mahmud |first=Shameem |editor1-last=Shoesmith |editor1-first=Brian |editor2-last=Genilo |editor2-first=Jude William |year=2013 |chapter=The Transformation of the Bangladesh Press |title=Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces |publisher=Intellect |page=47 |isbn=978-1-8415-0473-5}} Golam Sarwar was the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018.{{cite news |title=Eminent journalist Golam Sarwar no more |url=http://www.bssnews.net/?p=71154 |access-date=2024-08-23 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}}{{dubious|date=May 2024|reason=Abed Khan was editor at some point in between.}} In 2020, Samakal had a circulation of 270,000, which made it the eighth most widely read newspaper in the country.{{cite news |title=Number of dailies in Bangladesh now 1,277: Minister |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/number-of-dailies-in-bangladesh-now-1277-minister/43311 |work=United News of Bangladesh (UNB) |date=4 February 2020}}

Over the years, the paper's writers have included Ajoy Dasgupta,{{cite web |title=Details of Ajoy Dasgupta |url=https://jpcbd.org/member/index/index/permanent-members/details/690 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108044742/http://jpcbd.org/member/index/index/permanent-members/details/690 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=8 January 2020 |website=National Press Club}} Abed Khan,{{cite news |date=28 July 2016 |title=Abed Khan joins Sangbad Pratidin |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/6841 |access-date=2024-08-23 |work=Jago News 24}} Mizanur Rahman Khan,{{cite news |title=Prothom Alo Jt Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan no more |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/prothom-alo-jt-editor-mizanur-rahman-khan-no-more-2026077 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=12 January 2021}} and Khalil Rahman.{{cite journal |last1=Bonil |last2=Brown |first2=Dave |last3=Hajjaj |first3=Osama Eid |last4=Fiestoforo |last5=Jennings |first5=Ben |last6=Rahman |first6=Khalil |last7=Rowson |first7=Martin |last8=Spencer |first8=Brian John |last9=Srbljanin |first9=Predrag |last10=T0ad |last11=Vargas |first11=Vilma |display-authors=4 |title=Quiet zone – a global cartoon special: Cartoonists from around the world draw local taboos |journal=Index on Censorship |date=December 2015 |volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |doi=10.1177/0306422015622936|doi-access=free }} Gautam Das, the paper's Faridpur bureau chief, was murdered in November 2005 by junior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politicians after reporting on corruption in the party.{{cite news |title=Bangladeshi court jails 9 for journalist murder |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bangladeshi-court-jails-9-for-journalist-murder |work=The Straits Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=28 June 2013}}