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Why is June 16 called ‘Black Day’ for newspapers?
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman also ventured into journalism at one point in his life. In his early years, he served as the East Pakistan representative for the newspaper 'Ittihad.' From the 1960s under the leadership of Bangabandhu and the Awami League to the Liberation War, the role of the media in the Bengali struggle was remarkable. During the Pakistan era, when Bangabandhu was almost single-handedly fighting against the Punjabi ruling clique on the political stage, media workers were among his primary supporters. Particularly, the daily Ittefaq essentially functioned as the mouthpiece of the Awami League, and it wouldn't be wrong to say it was Bangabandhu's mouthpiece as well. The founder of Ittefaq, Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia, and Bangabandhu were complements to each other.
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