DBC News

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DBC News
Country Bangladesh
Broadcast areaNationwide
Headquarters Mohakhali, Dhaka
Programming
Language(s) Bengali
Picture format 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for SDTV sets)
Ownership
OwnerDhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd.
History
Launched21 September 2016;8 years ago (2016-09-21)
Links
Website dbcnews.tv

DBC News (Bengali : ডিবিসি নিউজ), derived from "Dhaka Bangla", [1] is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language satellite and cable news television channel, owned and operated by Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd. [2] [3] The founder of the channel was Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. [4] [5] DBC News is headquartered in the Mohakhali neighbourhood of Dhaka. [6]

Contents

History

In 2013, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission granted Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury's Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication a license to broadcast "Dhaka-Bangla Television". [1] It later received its frequency allocation in January 2015. [7] The channel was launched as DBC News on 21 September 2016, beginning with the ten o'clock morning news bulletin. [2] The launch ceremony was attended by then Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed and then Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu. [4] [5] In December 2019, DBC News, along with three other Bangladeshi television channels, signed an agreement with UNICEF to air programming regarding children's issues. [8]

Censorship and violence

On 27 October 2017, a motorcade of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was attacked in Feni District. The news van of DBC and other news organizations were damaged in the attack. [9] DBC News correspondent Partho Hasan was attacked by Shirhan Sharif Tomal, Bangladesh Jubo League leader and son of Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, on 29 November 2017. [10] [11] Bangladesh Police closed eight members of the Detective Branch of Barisal Metropolitan Police for torturing a cameraman of DBC in Barisal on 12 March 2018. [12] [13] The police team that attacked the journalist were led by sub-inspector Abul Bashar. [14] [15] According to the US State Department Human Rights Report for 2017 the government of Bangladesh forced DBC news to remove a news item titled “Bangladesh’s Hasina Survives another Attempt on Her Life.” The news was sourced to a Burmese news portal. [16]

Programming

Rajkahon on DBC News is a primetime political talk show hosted by Sharmin Chowdhury, a television journalist. [17] Choturnogo is a weekly show featuring individuals from the arts and entertainment field. [18]

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  18. ↑ "Nusraat Faria on "Choturongo"". The Daily Star. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.


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