Bartaman

Bartaman

Bartaman
Front page of 20 January 2009
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner	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	530,000 daily
Official website	bartamanpatrika.com

Bartaman Patrika (Bengali: বর্তমান) is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published in Kolkata 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.Now it is become a political paper after election in 2011.This paper support Trinomul congress. Bartaman is the second-most widely read Bengali newspaper in India after Anandabazar Patrika.^[2]

History

The newspaper was founded by Barun Sengupta (1934-2008), a journalist of Calcutta in December 1984. Mr. Sengupta breathed his last on 19 June 2008 at Kolkata.^[3]

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

The company

Bartaman Pvt. Ltd

Competition

Bartaman's main competitor is Anandabazar Patrika which is being published since 1922. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, as per readership and circulation is concerned.

References

External links

• Official website
• Bartaman ePaper (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)