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Importance of Reading Newspaper

The papers which supply us news and views of home and abroad are called newspapers. They are very important for us. The civilized world cannot be thought without newspaper. People feel highly delighted when they start reading newspapers.

It is very difficult to know where newspaper was first introduced. It is said that the first newspaper was published at Venice in Italy. It is also said that a kind of newspaper was introduced in China during the eleventh century. However, 'Samachar Darpan' was the first newspaper of Bengal. It was published by the missionaries of Sreerampur. The India-Gazette is the first newspaper in Indo-Bangladesh. Now-a-days, various newspapers are being published in various designs and manners.

There are many kinds of newspapers, such as Dailies, Weeklies, Bi-Weeklies, Monthlies, Half Yearly and Yearly. Of these, most of the people read the dailies because they give us fresh news and views of the day.

In Bangladesh, there are various kinds of newspapers. People are becoming more and more interested in reading newspapers. With the advancement of scientific technology, our country has got The Ittefaq, The Inquilab, The Jugantor, The Sangbad, The Janakantha, The Independence, The Bangladesh Times. The Bangladesh Observer and so on. Apart from these, there are numerous regional newspapers in our country too.

Newspapers are very useful to us. They carry news and views. By reading newspaper, people are highly benefited. They feel greatly interested in reading newspapers. The reading of newspaper exhorts them to reach the news world. The importance of reading newspapers is written below:

(i) Sources of news and views: Newspapers are the sources of news and views. They give current news of home and abroad. By reading newspapers, people can understand what is happening in the farthest corners sitting on easy chair. Along with these news, they can read the important views of prominent personalities. The editorials and the sub-editorials also reflect analytical and critical explanations. Thus the reading of newspapers helps the readers to be strengthened in information world.

(ii) Formation of public opinion: Newspapers help to form public opinion. The government, political parties, or organizations can create public opinions by means of newspapers. Sometimes, the newspapers reflect on the opinions of the public directly by publishing their interviews. The people also express their opinions on newspapers. Thus newspapers play a great role to form public opinion and judgments.

(iii) The tool of the government: Newspapers become the tool of the government. The government can easily inform the citizens about its orders, laws and ordinances. The government can also inform the citizens about new polices, decisions etc. Thus newspapers become tools of the government to run its functions.

(iv) Role in democracy: In the establishment of democratic norms, newspapers can play a vital role. Here everyone can express their feelings. The reactions and opinions of political parties are published here. By reading these, people can understand the parties opinion. These help to accelerate democracy in a country.

(v) Formation of friendship: Newspapers help to form friendship world-wide. People can understand one another. World people know one another's information. Reading the newspapers, one can understand the distress of other countries and go to help them. This can create opportunities to grow fellow feelings and friendship.

(vi) Importance to businessmen and job seekers: The newspapers help the businessmen and job-seekers a lot. The businessmen can advertise their products or can know the market conditions. The customers can also understand the quality of products. Again, the job seekers can know the job-advertisements. Thus, the reading of newspapers helps the job-seekers to get jobs.

Newspapers have immense benefits. So, newspapers should be free and impartial. Biased or partial newspapers can harm a lot. False news may derail the public. Thus newspapers must publish authentic and reliable information.

The importance of reading newspapers cannot be overestimated. Various sorts of things can be known, by reading this. Business, politics, sports, literature, religion etc. are learnt by reading newspapers. We wish its impartiality and reliability.