Criticism
Prothom Alo is often criticized for its liberal attitude. In a cartoon by Arifur Rahman was published in Alpin about a jokes partly related with religion, creates a unconstructive environment at the publication. A subsequent order was given from the government to ban the supplement. The editor of the Prothom Alo acknowledge the gaffe for that time. In a statement released by Prothom Alo, the editor of Alpin, Matiur Rahman, apologised, expressing regret for publishing the cartoon.
Recently in 2012, A High Court bench issued an injunction on the publication of Humayun Ahmed’s political fiction Deyal at Daily Prothom Alo's weekly Shahitto Samwiki on a Friday. The bench of Justice also asked the government and the writer to explain why they should not be directed to correct a part of the fiction for presenting a ‘distorted’ version of the assassination of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rhaman and his minor son sheikh Russell. The controversial part of the fiction was published by Bangla daily Prothom Alo in its May 11 issue. The chapters portrayed Khandker Moshtaque in a manner that he did not know about the killings beforehand.
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