Kalantar

Kalantar is a daily Bengali-language newspaper issued from Kolkata, India. It is the organ of the West Bengal State Council of the Communist Party of India.[1] It was published as a weekly newspaper since 1965; 'Kalantar' converted to a daily newspaper in the late 1960s. And have a separate weekly as it is. The header of the 'Kalantar' daily was designed by the legend film maker-artist Satyajit Ray himself. Among the early editors, veteran communist leader Somnath Lahiri, Bhabani Sen, Jyoti Dasgupta, Prabhat Dasgupta, Prof. Gautam Chattopadhyay were there. From the single-color edition it is now publishing as a four-color daily newspaper. In the autumn, Kalantar publish a festive 'Sharadiyo' edition in the book form as like as other daily newspapers in Kolkata.[2][3]

Kalantar
Owner(s)Communist Party of India West Bengal State Council
PublisherSwapan Banerjee
EditorKalyan Bandyopadhyay
Founded1965 (1965)
LanguageBengali
CityKolkata
CountryIndia
Websitecpikalantar.blogspot.com

References

  1. Singh, Shiv Sahay (30 October 2018). "CPI mouthpiece Kalantar shuts down". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. "ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers". Icon.crl.edu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. "ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers". Icon.crl.edu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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