The Times proved less efficient than advertised). Walter bought the logography's patent and with it opened a printing house to produce a daily advertising sheet. The first publication of the newspaper "The Daily Universal Register in Great Britain" was 1 January 1785. Unhappy because the word "Universal" was frequently omitted from the name, Walter changed the title after 940 editions on 1 January 1788 to "The Times". In 1803, Walter handed ownership and editorship to his son of the same name. In spite of Walter Sr's sixteen-month stay in Newgate Prison for libel printed in "The Times", his pioneering efforts to obtain
The Bengal Times Times The Bengal Times The Bengal Times was a newspaper published from Dhaka. It was the second newspaper of its kind published in 1871. E. C. Kemp was the editor. It was a bi-weekly newspaper published every Sunday and Saturday. "The Bengal Times" was a very influential newspaper in East Bengal. In Dhaka its price per copy was eight annas and nine annas at outside of Dhaka. The lowest rate of advertisement was one rupees. Rate of each line was four annas. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905 the name of the newspaper was changed to Eastern Bengal and