Dhaka, April 24 -- Andharmanik, named after a local river, is a bimonthly handwritten newspaper launched by Mohammed Hasan Parvez in West Sonatala village in Patuakhali district, where national dailies rarely reach and most residents do not have the internet.

Saudi Arabia-based English-language newspaper published a report on Saturday highlighting the struggle of Hasan Parvez, a 42-year-old brick kiln labourer, for the continuation of the handwritten newspaper since 2019 amid financial and technical limitations.

"Publishing a newspaper with modern printing technology, camera, computer, smartphones and other set-ups was an impossible task for me. At this moment, I thought to use my hands as I could write with a pen," Hasan Parvez told Ar...