Bartaman

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Bartaman
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Bartaman
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Front page of 20 January 2009
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Bartaman Pvt. Ltd
Editor Subha Dutta
Founded December 1984
Political alignment Independent[1]
Language Bengali
Headquarters 6, J.B.S. Haldane Avenue, Kolkata-700 105
Circulation 558,465 Daily[2] (as of December 2013)
Website bartamanpatrika.com

Bartaman Patrika (Bengali: বর্তমান) is an Indian Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India by Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Apart from the Kolkata edition, the newspaper has four other simultaneous editions, published daily from four major towns of West Bengal—Siliguri, Burdwan, Malda and Midnapore. Bartaman is the second-most widely read Bengali newspaper in India after Anandabazar Patrika.[3]

History

The newspaper was founded on 7 December 1984 by Barun Sengupta, a former Anandabazar Patrika journalist. Mr. Sengupta died on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata.[4]

Since April 2002, Bartaman Patrika has published an online version.

Competition

Bartaman's main competitor is Anandabazar Patrika, published since 1922. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, by readership and circulation, it's daily circulation is roughly about 40% of that of Anandabazar Patrika.

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