Prothom Alo (Owned by Mediastar Limited) is the highest circulated and most read newspaper in Bangladesh. The online portal of Prothom Alo is the most visited Bangladeshi and Bengali website in the world.On 4 November 1998, Prothom Alo began its humble journey of conquering the hearts of millions of readers with its credible and courageous news delivery
The unprecedented popularity of Prothom Alo, particularly in terms of circulation and readership, are not only new records, but also milestones in the history of news media industry of Bangladesh.
According to National Media Survey 2018 of MRB Bangladesh, 6.6 million people read the print edition of Prothom Alo every day, and this is the highest readership number of all Bangladeshi newspapers. Prothom Alo does not only have the widest reader base, but it also reaches the most sophisticated, affluent and highly erudite readers of Bangladesh. In all important demographic segments of readers, Prothom Alo is miles ahead of any other newspaper.
The online portal of Prothom Alo (prothomalo.com) is the "Number 1" Bangladeshi as well as Bengali website of the world based on traffic and pageview. Currently around 13 million users access this portal every month with close to 280 million pageview from over 210 different countries and territories.
Together with Print and digital versions, Prothom Alo reaches to 7.6 million people every day in home and abroad.
Besides impartial and authentic news presentation, Prothom Alo’s effort in serving the community through numbers of philanthropic activities is acknowledged and applauded highly at home and abroad.