Anandadhara is a fortnightly entertainment magazine in Bangladesh.[1][2] The magazine is published by Mahfuz Anam, who is also the editor of The Daily Star.[3]

History

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Anandadhara was founded in May 1998 as a film industry magazine.[4][5] Shahadat Chowdhury, editor of Bichitra, was the founding editor of Anandadhara.[6] The magazine started the Lux Anandadhara Miss Bangladesh Photogenic which is the forerunner to the Lux Channel i Superstar.[7][8] In June 2011, the magazine editor Arun Chowdhury was replaced by Moinul Ahsan Saber the editor of Shaptahik 2000.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Juton Chowdhury no more". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Suborna ties the knot again". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Shaptahik 2000, Anandadhara celebrate 12th anniversary". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Anandadhara and 2000 celebrate 13th anniversary". The Daily Star. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ^ Raju, Zakir Hossain (2014). Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 9781317601814. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. ^ Chowdhury, Esha. "Freedom from life". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Shankhachil - Bonding the Bengals". The Daily Star. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Beauty pageant". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Arun not with Anandadhara anymore". The Daily Star. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2018.