{{Short description|Bangladeshi daily newspaper}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Dainik Purbokone | school = | logo = Dainik Purbokone Logo.png | logo_size = 200px | logo_alt = Dainik Purbokone Logo | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | motto = {{langx|bn|সঠিক সংবাদ সবার আগে|lit=The right news first}} | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | owner = The Purbokone Limited | founder = Mohammad Yusuf Chowdhury | publisher = Jasim Uddin | president = | editor = M Ramiz Uddin Chowdhury | chief_editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | general_manager = | news_editor = | dirvisuals = | dirvideo = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1986|2|10}} | political_position = Liberal | language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | headquarters = 971/A, CDA Avenue, East Nasirabad, Chattogram | publishing_city = [[Chattogram]] | publishing_country = Bangladesh | circulation = 62,100 | circulation_date = 28 August 2019 | circulation_ref = {{r|dfp}} | readership = | sister_newspapers = | ISSN = | eISSN = | oclc = | RNI = | website = {{URL|dainikpurbokone.net}} | free = }} The '''Dainik Purbokone''' ({{langx|bn|দৈনিক পূর্বকোণ|lit=East angle}}) is a [[Bengali-language]] [[daily newspaper]] in Bangladesh, and one of the leading newspapers published in [[Chittagong]]. The newspaper was founded in 1986. According to the data published by the [[Department of Films and Publications]], under the [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Information]], on 28 August 2019, its circulation of 62,100 copies was the largest of the national dailies published from Chittagong.<ref name="dfp">{{cite web |script-title=bn:জাতীয় দৈনিকের প্রচার সংখ্যা ও বিজ্ঞাপনের হার |trans-title=National daily promotion numbers and advertisement rates |url=http://dfp.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/dfp.portal.gov.bd/page/b5b99e8e_85fe_465d_992c_1fee17302efc/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%20%E0%A6%93%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%20%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%20%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF.pdf |website=[[Department of Films and Publications]] |access-date=21 December 2019 |page=8 |language=bn}}</ref> In the assessment of the Bangladesh Press Institute in 1994, ''Purbokone'' was mentioned as the best daily.<ref name="33years">{{cite news |script-title=bn:৩৩ বছরে প্রবেশ, ভালোবাসায় সিক্ত পূর্বকোণ |trans-title=Enter in the year 33, Purbokone in love with the diminished |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/daily-chittagong/news/bd/635861.details |url-status=live |work=[[Banglanews24.com]] |date=10 February 2018 |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416060922/http://www.banglanews24.com/daily-chittagong/news/bd/635861.details |archive-date=16 April 2018 |access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref>
==History== ''Purbokone'' was founded by Mohammad Yusuf Chowdhury in 1986.<ref name="passes">{{cite news |title=Purbokone editor passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/purbokone-editor-passes-away-1491913 |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219130405/http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/purbokone-editor-passes-away-1491913 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |access-date=21 December 2019}}</ref> During its first publish on first published on 10 February 1986, [[K G Mustafa]], an acclaimed country baroness and recipient of [[Ekushey Padak]], served as editor. In 1989, Taslim Uddin Chowdhury,<ref name="ctg.gov.newspapers">{{cite web |title=Newspapers |url=http://chittagong.gov.bd/site/view/newspapers/ |publisher=[[Bangladesh National Portal]] |accessdate=22 December 2019 |language=bn}}</ref> Son of Yusuf Chowdhury, took charge of the daily as the editor. In 2007, Taslim became the chairman of Purbokone Group and serves the daily as chief editor till his death in 2017.{{r|passes}} The printed version has been published daily from the beginning. In 2015, it also made its online edition.<ref name="BP-no more">{{cite news |author1=Farzana |script-title=bn:দৈনিক পূর্বকোণ সম্পাদক তসলিম উদ্দিন চৌধুরী আর নেই |trans-title=Dainik Purbokone editor Taslim Uddin Chowdhury is no more |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/abroad-paper/2017/11/15/280983 |accessdate=22 December 2019 |work=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]] (BP) |date=15 November 2017 |language=bn}}</ref>
==Editors== The current editor of the daily is M Ramiz Uddin Chowdhury.{{r|passes}}
==See also== * [[List of newspapers in Bangladesh]] * [[Bengali-language newspapers]] * [[Bainnachola-Manikpur High School]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{URL|dainikpurbokone.net|Official Website}}
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