Amar Desh [SEP] inception
launched "Amar Desh" on 23 September 2004. The newspaper was sold in 2008 while Falu was serving a prison term for corruption. Journalist Amanullah Kabir was the editor of "Amar Desh" before it changed hands. At the time of the management change, Ataus Samad was the acting editor. Mahmudur Rahman and 20 other investors took ownership and formed a new board of directors 6 October 2008. Rahman became the chairperson of Amar Desh Publications Ltd. Hashmat Ali was listed as publisher. Rahman became acting editor.
In 2010
and denied their petitions for a remand and bail. Rahman's mother is the acting head at "Amar Desh" in Rahman's absence. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said "Amar Desh" could resume printing from another site once it had an order from Dhaka's magistrate.
According to Amnesty International, over 50 cases have been filed against "Amar Desh", Mahmudur Rahman and the staff. Among them are:
- In April 2013, another Awami League politician, Minister Suranjit Sengupta, sued "Amar Desh