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Thirty years ago, the coming together of a regionally famous editor and a near-novice at journalism along with some visionary investors Azimur Rahman, AS Mahmud, Latifur Rahman, A. Rouf Chowdhury, Shamsur Rahman gave birth to what we called in our first editorial the Independent Voice .
Readers in Bangladesh were waiting for a non-partisan, fair, decent (with no screaming headlines), well-designed, morally upright and fiercely independent journalistic voice at that time, it meant only newspapers and they saw our potential from the early issues. Within months, we were able to make our credible presence felt. And with that, our march forward began, moderately at first, gathering momentum as time passed. Within the first five years, we reached the top spot and, with the unwavering support of our readers, have remained there for the last 25 years.