Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2007
Extortion-case account allegation
A reference account for an extortion case alleged that BDT 5 million from a larger alleged payment was deposited into an account of Banglar Bani. The available material does not establish a final judicial finding against the newspaper.
1990
Fundamentalist demands for closure
Islamic fundamentalist groups called for the newspaper to be shut down during the 1990s, reflecting opposition to its secular and pro-Awami League stance.
1987
Government ban over militia-weapons allegation
The Ershad government banned Banglar Bani after the newspaper accused it of supplying weapons to militias. The episode is primarily documented as a press-freedom and state-censorship event.