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Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Bangladeshi news agency

Bangladeshi news agency

FieldValue
nameBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
native_nameবাংলাদেশ সংবাদ সংস্থা (বাসস)
logoBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha logo.jpeg
typeNational News Agency
foundationJanuary 1972
locationDhaka, Bangladesh
key_peopleMahbub Morshed (Managing Director and Chief Editor)
industryNews agency
homepage

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS; ) is the state-owned news agency of Bangladesh. BSS was established on 1 January 1972 by the Government of Bangladesh soon after the Bangladesh Liberation War. Mahbub Morshed is the current managing director and chief editor of the agency.

History

News agencies or wire services have been in existence in present-day Bangladesh from before its independence. Notably Reuters had branches in different parts of British India including Bengal. The state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) started functioning in Pakistan as the first local and national news agency from September 1949. It had its head office in Karachi and it covered the then East Pakistan with two branches in Dhaka and Chittagong.

After Bangladesh Liberation War, the APP operations of East Pakistan were taken over by forming the state owned news agency called Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Under the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Ordinance of 1979, a board of directors runs the agency. Beginning with the head office in Dhaka and a bureau in Chittagong, BSS now has bureaus in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bogra, Khulna, Barishal, Rangamati and Sylhet and has its correspondents in all the 64 districts of the country.

References

References

  1. {{Cite Banglapedia. Ahmed. Helal Uddin
  2. "Managing Director and Chief Editor's Profile".
  3. link. [[banglanews24.com]]. (3 February 2014)
  4. (2008). "Asian Communication Handbook 2008". AMIC.
  5. (2008). "Asian Communication Handbook 2008". AMIC.
  6. "BSS PROFILE". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
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