Evgeny Lebedev after a year. The papers have been described as "progressive" in "The New York Times". In 2013, Amol Rajan became editor of "The Independent", making him the second non-white editor of a national newspaper. Two of the other editors have been women: Sarah Sands preceding George Osborne at the "Evening Standard", and Lisa Markwell of "The Independent on Sunday". Some of the editors in Lebedev's newspaper group are unusually young; Rajan and the "i" editor, Oliver Duff, are both in their early thirties. In February 2016, it was announced that Independent Press Ltd had reached an agreement to sell the
The Daily Star (Bangladesh) and publisher of "The Daily Star", is also on its six-member board of directors, of which Rokeya Afzal Rahman is chairman. The board deals with financial matters. The general section of the newspaper is headed by Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, its managing editor, while the news team is led by Syed Ashfaqul Haque, chief news editor. Ahmed Ali is in charge of the Metro. Other leaders are AFM Jamaluddin (establishment manager), Mizanur Rahman (accounts manager), Selim S.H. Chowdhury (production and events manager), and Sher Ali (advertising manager). The online version of "The Daily Star" as a leading English daily newspaper of