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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Holiday Publications Limited |
| Founder | A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan |
| Publisher | Holiday Publications Limited |
| Editor | Sayed Kamaluddin |
| Founded | August 1, 1965; 60 years ago (1965-08-01) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area,Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Website | weeklyholiday |
Holiday is an independent English-language newsweekly published on Fridays inBangladesh. Founded by the late eminent journalistEnayetullah Khan in 1965, it was one of the most influential newspapers inEast Pakistan and was known for its outspoken stance against successive Pakistani regimes.[1] In newly independent Bangladesh, it was a staunch critic of the regime ofSheikh Mujibur Rahman[2] and was briefly banned in 1975.[3] Since the 1990s, the paper has seen significant decline in circulation. It is now owned byHRC Group which is owned bySaber Hossain Chowdhury, an Awami League member of parliament.[4]
"By late in the summer of 1972, Ziauddin, in particular, had become deeply disillusioned over the political direction of the country. In a signed article in the opposition weekly,Holiday, ... [Enayethullah] Khan had been the Editor of the weeklyHoliday, a pseudo-leftist Sunday paper, that had been aggressively opposed to Mujib's regime ... in the Dacca weeklyHoliday, a newspaper once known during the Mujib period as an active defender of civil liberties, prisoner rights and lawful trial procedures ...
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