The daily Jaijaidin is a Bengali Newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Jaijaidin Publication Limited owns it. It was first published weekly in the late 1980s and emerged as a daily tabloid in 1999. However, it failed to gain popularity, which led to its becoming weekly in a short time. It again started publishing as a daily in 2006. Shafik Rehman is its founder editor.
As a weekly, The Jaijaidin gained nationwide popularity during the late 80s due to its modern outlook and strong opposition against the military regime of Lieutenant General Hossain Mohammad Ershad. At one point, it was banned by the military government, and its editor, Shafik Rahman, was arrested. He was released after democracy was restored in 1991 and started publishing Jaijaidin again. Shafik Rehman lost the editorship of Jaijaidin in 2008. Kazi Rukanuddin Ahmed is now the acting editor, and Sahid Hussain Chowdhury is the publisher. Syeed Hossain Chowdhury is now the Chairman of the Board of Editors.
Jaijaidin introduced the celebration of Valentine's Day (Bishsho Valobasha Dibosh or World Love Day) on 14 February in Bangladesh. It was also the first Bangladeshi news publication to have its website. Another critical achievement of Jaijaidin was the introduction of the Reader's Poll in Bangladesh. Jaijaidin first implemented the idea of a Reader's Poll to elect the most famous performing artists.
The Daily Jaijaidin publishes news that is mainly focused on Bangladesh. It also features International news. Its regular content features entertainment news and gossip, business and economy-related news, ICT and science-related articles (such as News, Tips, and product price), sports news and analysis, lifestyle and fashion, travel, agriculture-related news and advice, career-related news and tips, knowledge and educational articles, health and fitness-related features, environmental issues, and more.
