On 31 July 1970, Weekly Ekota began its journey as the mouthpiece of the
Communist Party of East Pakistan, Journalist Bazlur Rahman was the founding editor of the weekly publication. On 26 March 1971, after the beginning of
Operation Searchlight and the
Bangladesh War of Independence, Publication of weekly Ekota was temporarily stopped and as a replacement, an newspaper named 'Muktijoddha' became the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of East Pakistan. On 2 February 1979, publication of Weekly Ekota was again resumed when Bangladesh was under rule of
Ziaur Rahman and closed newspapers were again being opened. On 6 September 1981, Weekly Ekota was relaunched as the mouthpiece of the
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB). In 1986, after the
general election,
Hussain Muhammad Ershad gave orders to close the newspaper for 1 year and 3 months, but Ekota resumed its publication in March 1987 and was involved in the
anti-Ershad movement. In the early 1990s, publication of Ekota was again paused, but the publication of the newspaper resumed again in 1996. == Ideology ==