Weekly Bangalee (বাঙালী) is a Bangladeshi newspaper published from New York City in Bangla. Launched in 1991, the newspaper serves the Bangladeshi immigrant community with their latest international and local news needs. The newspaper is published every Saturday and is widely read among the Bangladeshi community. It is distributed free of cost in New York. The newspaper is printed in color when necessary and has 60-68 pages. Weekly Bangalee is available at many Bangladeshi newsstands, grocery stores, and restaurants in Bangladeshi neighborhoods of Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Manhattan. It is also available in a few other states in the USA. Weekly Bangalee publishes world news, feature news, sports, arts and entertainment, opinions and editorials, community news, and classified advertisements.
Customers can subscribe to the Weekly Bangalee. The Weekly maintains a free online version of its publication, which is published in pdf format and divided into 4-6 parts. Customers can also look for some past issues online.
The newspaper collects most of its news, articles, essays, features, cartoons, etc., from Bangladeshi online newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and web sources. In-house staff also writes some reports on Bangladesh community events. Bangladeshi community organizations also send press releases and information for publication.
Team
Editor and President: Kowshik Ahmed
Associate Editor: Afroza Ashraf
Vice President: Yasmin Kowshik