13.04 Media Listed Newspapers and Periodicals and Gross Circulation
| No. of Newspapers and Periodicals | Gross Circulation (000 copies) | |||||||
| Frequency /language | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | ||
| 1. | Daily: | 218 | 216 | 221 | 2138 | 2377 | 2539 | |
| Bengali | 203 | 200 | 205 | 1978 | 2192 | 2352 | ||
| English | 15 | 16 | 16 | 160 | 185 | 187 | ||
| 2. | Weekly: | 183 | 181 | 186 | 906 | 940 | 998 | |
| Bengali | 171 | 172 | 175 | 854 | 848 | 901 | ||
| English | 12 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 92 | 97 | ||
| 3. | Monthly: | 61 | 59 | 63 | 278 | 283 | 296 | |
| Bengali | 59 | 56 | 60 | 275 | 279 | 291 | ||
| English | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 4. | Quarterly: | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
| Bengali | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||
| English | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| Notes: Media listed newspapers and periodicals are those which fulfill the minimum requirement of circulation as fixed by the government. | ||||||||
| Source: Directorate of Films and Publications, Ministry of Information. | ||||||||