The Agatya (also transliterated as The Agattya) was a Bangladeshi monthly periodical which began publishing in 1949.[1] Its main focus was on literature and culture in Bangladesh,[2] and it was considered very popular before the advent of newer publications.[3] It remains a signature periodical in the history of Bangladesh's socio-cultural movement.[4]
It was founded in part by veteran journalist Mahbub Jamal Zahedi[4] and was initially published by a popular Bangladesh Television host of the time, Fazle Lohani.[2] The journalists who ventured to bring out The Agatya confronted great odds of the day.[4]
The Agatya had a significant role in vocalising the cause of the Bengali people.[4] It is credited by Hayat Saif as having "A role in setting the trend and standards of progressive literary and social thinking in the Dhaka of the early 1950s."[3]
